Cinergy's Rogers Receives Keystone Center Award

The Keystone Center, a non-profit organization that
works to insure that present and future generations approach
environmental and scientific dilemmas and disagreements creatively and
proactively, has presented its 2005 Leadership in Industry Award to
James E. Rogers, Cinergy Corp. (NYSE:CIN) chairman, president and
chief executive officer.
   Rogers received the award at the Keystone 12th annual awards
dinner last night in Washington, D.C. He has been a leader in
developing creative solutions to environmental and energy public
policy issues as an industry chief executive for nearly 20 years.
   Under his leadership, Cinergy has been selected for the Dow Jones
World Sustainability Indexes for the past two years, one of only three
U.S. utility companies to receive this recognition. By using a
stakeholder approach to business management, Rogers works to balance
the needs of those having a stake in the company's future - customers,
investors, employees, communities and the environment.
   Cinergy has also taken a leadership role in the debate over the
global warming by committing to a voluntary program to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions, publishing a detailed report on the
potential impact of GHG emission regulation and devoting its 2004
annual report to finding common ground on global warming.
   The Keystone Center's mission is to equip citizens with
deliberative frameworks, democratic processes, analytical information,
and critical-thinking skills to navigate tough problems and develop
solutions. Through its two major programs, The Keystone Center for
Science and Public Policy and the Center for Education, The Keystone
Center improves decisions about long-term issues by helping
thought-leaders and decision-makers effectively address technically
complex, politically uncertain situations and by helping students
learn and teachers teach.
   Cinergy Corp. has a balanced, integrated portfolio consisting of
two core businesses: regulated operations and commercial businesses.
Cinergy's regulated public utilities in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky
serve 1.5 million electric customers and about 500,000 gas customers.
In addition, its Indiana regulated company owns 7,000 megawatts of
generation. Cinergy's competitive commercial businesses have 6,300
megawatts of generating capacity with a profitable balance of stable
existing customer portfolios, new customer origination, marketing and
trading, and industrial-site cogeneration. Cinergy's integrated
businesses make it a Midwest leader in providing both low-cost
generation and reliable electric and gas service.