ENERGY INVESTORS FUNDS EXPANDS TEAM

MILL VALLEY, CA (September 23, 2008) Energy Investors Funds (“EIF”), an established private equity fund manager that invests in the U.S. energy and electric power sector, is pleased to announce it has made a number of new hires this year to augment the firm’s investment, marketing, legal and accounting staffs.

“It’s been an exciting year of impressive growth for us at EIF and we’re thrilled to welcome our new employees,” said John Buehler, a Managing Partner of EIF.  “As we continue to see attractive deals in the U.S. power and transmission sectors, our new staff will enhance our team on the corporate side as well as on deal origination, execution, and asset management.  They’ll also serve our limited partners well as we look toward the future.”

Alycia L. Goody has joined EIF as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel and is responsible for providing legal support related to corporate and portfolio investment matters.  Ms. Goody joined EIF from BTU Ventures, where she was Senior Counsel.  Previously, Ms. Goody was Vice President and Managing Counsel at Calpine Corporation, with responsibility for all legal matters in the eastern, southeastern and U.K. offices and for a wide range of project development, asset management, acquisition and divestiture activities.

Andrew N. Pike has joined EIF as Vice President and is primarily responsible for the management of portfolio investments, including the identification and implementation of strategies to optimize value and the disposition of investments.  He previously was a member of Wells Fargo’s Debt Capital Markets team, where he was responsible for all phases of capital markets execution. 

Christina Anzel recently joined EIF as Director of Fundraising, Marketing & Investor Relations.  Prior to joining EIF, Ms. Anzel was an associate at Latham & Watkins in San Francisco , where she represented commercial lenders and project sponsors in various acquisitions and project financings. 

Carl H. Lemke has joined EIF as Director of Tax.  Previously, Mr. Lemke spent six years with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in their Boston office.

Noshir Irani and Ben Pike have joined EIF as Associates, with responsibilities for originating, analyzing, structuring, and closing new fund investments.  Mr. Irani was previously an analyst in Deutsche Bank’s Investment Banking Natural Resources Group.  Mr. Pike was previously an analyst in Merrill Lynch’s Investment Banking Global Energy & Power Group.

Beth Buckley has joined EIF as Senior Accountant.  Ms. Buckley’s prior accounting experience includes commercial real estate, venture capital and the consolidations group at Fidelity Investments.

Jeffrey Brodeur has joined EIF as Director of Information Technology.  Prior to joining EIF, Mr. Brodeur was a Senior Systems Consultant for Integra Network Services, where his primary role was to provide systems strategy and management to multiple financial services clients, including EIF. 

About Energy Investors Funds

EIF was founded in 1987 as the first private equity fund manager dedicated exclusively to the independent power and electric utility industry.  Its consistent, proven investment strategy is to create geographically and technologically diversified portfolios of electric power-related assets that provide superior risk-adjusted equity returns with current cash flow and capital appreciation.  As investment managers, EIF seeks to mitigate commodity risk (fuel and electricity) by focusing primarily on acquiring power assets with long-term off-take contracts.  EIF has mobilized over $3.4 billion in capital raised in seven funds, and currently manages four private equity funds from its offices in Boston , New York , and San Francisco .  These funds have made over 100 diversified investments with a combined underlying asset value exceeding $7 billion.  EIF controls 4,000 MW of operating power assets with another 2,200 MW of power assets under development or construction..  For more information visit www.eif.com.

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