NJ/IABC IRIS Awards Program Honors Public Service Enterprise Group for Communications Excellence NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) received four 2003 IRIS Awards from The New Jersey Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (NJ/IABC) for its communications products. PSEG communicators received Awards of Excellence for: * PSEG 100th Anniversary Celebration (in the "One-time or Ongoing Campaign" category) -- PSEG celebrated the company's 100th anniversary in 2003 with an year long communications program including publication of a 100th anniversary book and video, employee day at minor league baseball games, ringing of the NYSE Closing Bell and other events. * Performance Matters -- Parts I, II & III (in the "Electronic & Interactive Communication" category) -- a communication plan targeted at employees and how performance reflects on their overall compensation. In addition, PSEG communicators received Awards of Merit for: * PSEG 100th Anniversary Book (in the "Publications" category) -- a 127 page book published at the beginning of year -- distributed to all employees, retirees and shareholders -- as wellas sold to the general public. * PSEG Outlook (in the "Publications" category) -- the company's monthly newspaper distributed to all employees and retirees. The company was honored at the annual NJ/IABC award ceremony on Thursday, January 29, at Headquarters Plaza Hotel in Morristown, N.J. The NJ/IABC IRIS Award program celebrates excellence in communications. Entries were judged on innovative and effective use of media, overall quality of writing, design, execution, and successful achievement of communications objectives. Categories included communications campaigns, electronic and interactive communications, audiovisual communications, publications (non- subscription), design, publication redesign, branding and identify efforts, writing, photography and special purpose communications. DATASOURCE: Public Service Enterprise Group CONTACT: Leslie Cifelli of Public Service Enterprise Group, +1-973-430-3809 Web site: http://www.pseg.com/

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