Laidlaw Energy Group, Inc. commenced trading publicly in August of 2002, when Laidlaw Energy, a privately held renewable energy company, merged with Poly-Eko Systems, Inc. and immediately thereafter commenced trading under ticker symbol "LLEG".

Laidlaw Energy pursued this path to becoming a publicly traded company due to the desire of Laidlaw Energy's founder, Michael B. Bartoszek, to take a non-traditional approach to corporate finance. Though Mr. Bartoszek had been offered capital by private equity investors for a stake in Laidlaw Energy, he instead preferred to raise capital in smaller increments from high net worth investors and thus retain greater control over the company.

The Company is currently in the process of moving the listing for the trading of its shares to the OTCBB. The approximate time frame for completing the move to the OTCBB is by year-end 2008.

LLEG Stock Quote

Business Description:

Laidlaw Energy is engaged in the development of independent power plants that generate electricity from renewable resources. Our particular emphasis is on biomass power generation, which is the production of electricity and heat as a result of converting trees, plants or other similar organic sources into energy. Biomass power is the most widely used renewable energy source worldwide and is the fourth largest global energy source after coal, oil and natural gas. A key environmental attribute of biomass power is that it is carbon-neutral, so it does not create greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming and climate change.

Laidlaw Energy's business objective is to build and manage a profitable portfolio of renewable energy facilities through development, acquisition, conversion of existing facilities, and though partnering with manufacturing businesses that have significant energy needs. In so doing, Laidlaw Energy intends to become the leading provider of biomass power in the U.S.

Capitalization:

Common Shares Outstanding: 1,449,023,830 as of 5/28/08
Common Shares Authorized: 1.5 billion
Other Securities Outstanding: 10 million Series A preferred shares held by management
Insider Ownership: Management owns approximately 70% of the Company's equity securities on a fully diluted basis

State of Incorporation:

New York

Laidlaw Energy CEO Michael Bartoszek with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton during a meeting at her office in Washington, DC

"And one of the greatest opportunities we have is in alternative energy and looking for ways to take what we already have, assets like pulp and paper mills and begin to transition them to create energy to lower the cost and put people to work. I think there is a great opportunity for using wood as a fuel of the future just like it was a fuel of the past [applause], and if we can provide the right incentives, if we can give people the extra help they need by tax incentives and other ways of creating new jobs, then we can begin to do this."

Hillary Clinton from the text of a recent speech in Berlin, NH

• 05-12-08 Laidlaw Energy Signs Definitive Agreement for the Purchase of New Hampshire Facility
• The Daily Deal Article re Laidlaw in biomass deal
• 04-10-08 Laidlaw Energy CEO Michael Bartoszek issues update to shareholders
• 04-01-08 Laidlaw reaches agreement for financing of Berlin,NHProject
• Laidlaw Energy Converts Old Papermill into biomass plant, revives local economy.
• Laidlaw Berlin, NH Biomass Energy Project files for interconnection to New England power grid.