Apogee Interactive Expands eLearning Portal With OSHA Compliance and Electrical Worker Training

ATLANTA, Oct. 26, 2004 - Apogee Interactive, a pioneer of online learning for the energy industry, announced today it has added more than 65 OSHA compliance and electrical worker training courses to its eLearning portal, Study-Center.com.

The expansion of Apogee's online course library (www.study-center.com) mirrors the current industry trend where more than 25 percent of all training is now delivered online, according to Training magazine's annual industry report. Apogee also operates customized training portals for such leading utility associations as the American Public Power Association, Southeastern Electric Exchange, Electric Council of the Northeast, Northwest Public Power Association and Georgia Electric Membership Corporation.

"Our course library has evolved as our clients' needs have evolved," said Randy Edwards, director of Apogee's eLearning division. He noted that the company first pioneered eLearning for energy companies 10 years ago when it launched a full library of utility-specific, energy-related courses in CD format.

Apogee now operates a Web-based portal and has expanded its energy course roster to include organizational development courses such as new employee orientations, diversity awareness and effective business communications. This latest course expansion adds a broad spectrum of short, modular training courses covering safety and health topics ranging from electrical safety, emergency response and grounding to office ergonomics and indoor air quality.

"We can now help our clients meet their core safety training needs -- faster and more cost effectively using the Web," said Edwards. "We've seen the adoption rate of eLearning accelerate as companies realize tangible economic benefits and organizational improvements." He cited industry studies that show eLearning can reduce training time by 60 percent or more, increase retention rates by well over 100 percent and eliminate travel time and expenses altogether.

Apogee Interactive Inc. (www.apogee.net) is a leading provider of eLearning and other online business solutions to the energy industry. Clients include major investor-owned, municipal and cooperative utilities such as FPL (NYSE: FPL), Southern Company (NYSE:SO), Southern California Edison (NYSE: SCE), Sacramento Municipal Utility District and Greystone Power. Apogee operates the largest Web-based portal of specialized energy courses (www.study-center.com) and provides custom course development. In addition, Apogee is a distributor of Vivid Learning Systems' safety course curriculum.

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