ENMAX Corporation is pleased to announce the start of construction on the Calgary Downtown District Energy Centre.  The heat generating facility is expected to provide heating to up to 10 million square feet of new and existing residential and commercial buildings in Calgary's downtown core. 

Media representatives are invited to the future site of the Calgary Downtown District Energy Centre on September 11, 2008 where ENMAX President and CEO Gary Holden will be joined by the MLA for Calgary-Fort, Wayne Cao, and City of Calgary Aldermen Druh Farrell and Bob Hawkesworth in a special groundbreaking ceremony.

The Centre is part of the multi-phase Calgary District Energy Project which will provide heating to municipal-owned and selected future downtown buildings through a network of underground insulated pipes.

EVENT DETAILS

What:  Groundbreaking ceremony on the site of the future Calgary
            Downtown District Energy Centre with photo and interview
            opportunity.

When: Thursday, September 11, 2008
            1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Where: Future site of the Calgary Downtown District Energy Centre,
             south side of the 9th Avenue and 4th Street SE intersection.

Access to the event is from the northwest corner of the construction site.

ENMAX Corporation, through subsidiaries and predecessors, has provided Albertans with safe and reliable electricity for more than 100 years. ENMAX provides electricity, natural gas and value-added services to more than half a million residential, commercial and industrial customer accounts in Alberta. Through a subsidiary, ENMAX Energy is one of Alberta’s largest investors in renewable energy with partial ownership of the McBride Lake Wind Farm and complete ownership of the Taber and Kettles Hill Wind Farms. ENMAX Energy’s Greenmax was one of the first green power marketing programs in Canada, and celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2008. Visit our website at enmax.com.

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