Coal stockpile data offers insight into the state of the generation fuel markets

New York, NY, Monday February 5, 2007 – Genscape Inc., the only supplier of real-time power plant output and transmission status information has announced that it is making some of its coal stockpile data available to clients of Stifel Nicolaus, one of the largest middle-market regional investment banks.

Genscape uses its timely coal burn and coal transport data to calculate regional and national coal stockpile figures. Coal and natural gas traders use this data to assess market direction for generation fuels.

“We felt that hard numbers on coal reserves would be quite interesting for investors in the mining sector. And we thought that Stifel Nicolaus would be the best partner to reach that audience,” Abudi Zein, Senior VP, Genscape Data Resources, said.

“Timely coal stockpile data will help our clients gain deeper insights into the health of the coal market,” said Paul Forward, Principal at Stifel Nicolaus.

Genscape Inc. is the originator of real-time power supply information to support decision-making for power marketers, regulators, utilities, distributors, and other energy market participants. In addition to real-time power flows, Genscape supplies data on the fundamentals of coal, gas, oil and emissions in the United States and Europe. Genscape’s parent company is DMG, the information publishing division of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc.

Stifel Nicolaus provides securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, research, investment advisory, and related financial services, primarily to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities. Stifel Nicolaus is the largest subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. and is a member of SIPC and listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SF.”

For More Information: Michael McAuliffe, Genscape VP of Sales & Marketing (502) 583-4315.