David P. Brownell and Michael B. Green Elected to Unitil Board of Directors

06/28/2001

Hampton, NH – June 28,2001. Unitil Corporation (AMEX:UTL) (www.unitil.com) announced that its Board of Directors has elected David P. Brownell of Stratham, NH and Michael B. Green of Contoocook, NH to its Board.

"I am pleased with these very strong additions to the Board," said Robert G. Schoenberger, Unitil’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Our companies have always had an excellent base in the communities we serve. Our new Board members both represent important Unitil customers and both also demonstrate a strong commitment to community involvement."

Mr. Brownell is a Senior Vice President for Tyco International Ltd. where he has fulfilled a variety of key responsibilities focussed on communications, investor relations and marketing. Tyco International is a diversified manufacturing and services company operating worldwide and maintains its corporate headquarters in Exeter, New Hampshire. Mr. Brownell also serves on several Boards including the United Way of the Greater Seacoast, University of New Hampshire Foundation and the NH Junior Achievement Advisory Council.

Mr. Green is President and CEO of Capital Region Health Care and Concord Hospital of Concord, NH. His Board affiliations include Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, Foundation for Healthy Communities, Community Provider Network of Central NH, and Merrimack County Savings Bank.

Mr. Brownell and Mr. Green begin their positions effective immediately and will stand for election to a regular three-year term at Unitil’s next Annual Meeting of Shareholders in April 2002.

Unitil is a public utility holding company with subsidiaries providing electric service in New Hampshire and electric and gas service in Massachusetts and energy services throughout the Northeast. Its subsidiaries include Concord Electric Company, Exeter & Hampton Electric Company, Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, Unitil Power Corp., Unitil Realty Corp., Unitil Service Corp. and its unregulated business unit Unitil Resources, Inc. Usource L.L.C. is a subsidiary of Unitil Resources, Inc. The Usource product line is available at www.usourceonline.com

For more information, visit Unitil at www.unitil.com or call Mark Collin at 603-773-6612.

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