Lietuvos energija, AB - Notification on material event

NEW TRADEMARK “GREEN LITHUANIAN ENERGY” UNVEILED

Elektrėnai, Lithuania, 2012-03-22 12:25 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On 22 March
2012, Lietuvos Energija AB (hereinafter Company) presented a new trademark,
“Green Lithuanian energy”, which will be used to identify electric energy
generated from renewable sources. This electricity will be generated by Kaunas
Hydroelectric Power Plant and supplied to retail customers, implementing social
responsibility programs, by Energijos Tiekimas UAB.  First agreements on supply
of certified green Lithuanian electric energy were signed today with
Gargždai-based pet food manufacturer Mars Lietuva and natural mineral water
producer Druskininkų Rasa.  Company's subsidiary Energijos Tiekimas UAB will
present the new product on the retail market. 

A survey carried out at the end of last year by the largest independent
Lithuanian-controlled electric energy supplier Energijos Tiekimas UAB showed
that of 500 surveyed Lithuanian companies as much as 72% were especially
concerned about the issues of environmental protection and ecology in their
everyday operations.  Most of the surveyed companies said they would consider
the possibility of buying electric energy generated from renewable sources and
a fifth of them would agree to pay a higher price for such electric energy. 

Green Lithuanian energy is generated by Company-controlled Kaunas Hydroelectric
Power Plant (KHPP). 

Last year more than a third or 385.8 million kWh (0.38 TWh) of the total
electric energy produced from renewable sources in Lithuania was generated by
KHPP. 

 A total of 1097 million kWh (1.09 TWh) of green electric energy was generated
in Lithuania in 2011. KHPP met 4% of Lithuania's electric energy needs. It is
estimated that this amount is able to meet the annual electricity needs of
Kaunas city and region and Šiauliai city. 

Two companies, Mars Lietuva and Druskininkų Rasa that showed the keenest desire
to promote the use of green energy in Lithuania were offered by Energijos
Tiekimas to be supplied with 100% of their energy needs. 


         Jūratė Kavaliauskaitė
         Lietuvos energija, AB
         Komunikacijos vadovė
         Tel. +370 528 33691
         el. paštas: jurate.kavaliauskaite@le.lt