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Composite Power Corporation (CPC) (OTC:CPWW) is an environmentally friendly energy infrastructure company. Established in Nevada in 1990, CPC conducts research on composite materials and develops and manufactures power poles and related hardware out of composite materials.
Each year, more than 3,000 U.S. utilities spend $4 Billion buying treated wooden poles. The chemicals used to treat poles contain carcinogens. And, finding pole-quality trees is becoming increasingly more difficult and expensive. In 1995, 132 million wood poles were in service in the United States. About 25 million needed reinforcing or replacing at a cost of nearly $23 billion.
CPC has designed and patented environmentally friendly utility poles that are lighter, stronger and cheaper than wood poles. In addition to poles, the CPC line of composite products includes a complete energy delivery system comprising fasteners, pole caps, bottom plates and structural T-brackets. The CPC poles will accept composite system components or existing pole line hardware. Traditional hardware inventory can be adapted in the field to work with CPC composite utility poles.
Another significant environmental advantage of nonconductive composite delivery systems is that power lines can be placed closer together, controlling potentially harmful electromagnetic fields in rights-of-way. Using the CPC system, utilities can deliver 75% more power over the same right-of-way while reducing the effects of electromagnetic fields. Existing rights-of-way which contain underground natural gas pipelines can be used for overhead transmission without fear of causing corrosion in the pipelines.
As Congress and state legislatures labor to bring retail competition to the electrical power industry, CPC and its partners are developing an economically viable, environmentally sound, state-of-the-art energy delivery system.
CPC and its partners are working on the privately financed project, Pacific Region Interconnect for Deregulated Energy (PRIDE). The purpose of the project is to develop an advanced, deregulated, extra-high-voltage transmission line capable of delivering 2,000 - 4,000 megawatts of power from the Pacific Northwest to the Southwest using an existing right-of-way.
Other transmission projects are in the planning stages and will allow CPC to use its innovative technologies to modernize energy delivery systems to provide more power at less cost and with fewer environmental concerns. The ultimate goal for CPC is to develop and manufacture the products, manage system construction, and own the transmission lines.
However, the immediate priority for CPC is to build a vertically integrated manufacturing plant that will be located in South Central Washington Tri-Cities (Kennewick, Pasco and Richland)area and will employ about 50 people initially and 120 after one year.
The primary reason for locating the plant in the Tri-Cities is its proximity to the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (the "Lab"). Operated by Battelle, the Lab employs more than 3,000 scientists, engineers and support staff. CPC's goal is to work with laboratory staff to develop new and improved composite material products, as well as to test, demonstrate and write standards for the new materials for certification. One of the Lab's goals is to find commercial outlets for emerging technologies, especially those developed in conjunction with its research staff.
Once the manufacturing plant is on-line and filling utility pole orders, CPC will refine production of additional related products currently being considered, such as: composite marina and railroad ties, as well as low-impact cellular telephone and high definition television towers. Many of CPC's composite products are "smart" - that is capable of monitoring its own physical conditions.
CPC uses composite materials developed over the last 50 years for the aerospace industry. The patented process used to make the composite utility poles is called pultrusion. Pultrusion is the opposite of extrusion. It involves "pulling" composite materials through a heated die instead of "pushing" or extruding.
Advantages of the CPC system over traditional transmission systems are many:

• It can be installed or replaced without interrupting power transmission.
• It requires minimal maintenance.
• It exceeds the existing structural standards for wood.
• No toxic or carcinogenic preservatives are used to treat composite poles, nor is soil contaminated due to additional treatments.
• It is nonconductive, nontoxic, noncorrosive, waterproof and unaffected by temperature changes, soil acidity, airborne corrosives, microorganisms, insects, birds and mammals.
• Transmission capacities of existing rights-of-way could be increased substantially.
• Utility poles weigh significantly less than wood or cement. A Class III structure weighs about 240 pounds (109 Kilograms), roughly 40% less than wood and 90% less than cement.
• Significant transportation and handling savings can be achieved since 72 composite utility poles versus three concrete poles can be carried on a flatbed truck.
• The lightweight poles can be airlifted to remote locations.
• Lightning outages can be greatly reduced by utilizing nonconductive composite materials.
• Fittings are adjustable and can be reconfigured in the field without drilling or modifying the utility pole.
• Existing hardware can be easily adapted to the composite structures.
• The nonconductive material reduces the chances of electrical accidents.
• The smooth, nontoxic composite outer surface is inherently safer to climb than wood poles.
• With the use of an inner liner for added strength, the structure can be extended to 120 feet tall, if necessary.

CPC is leading the way in better, less expensive, and environmentally friendly ways to transmit and deliver electricity.

The information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but is not necessarily complete and its accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Any opinions expressed are those of the company and are subject to change without notice. Financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statement of the company.

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