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Prospect Energy Corporation Makes Senior Secured Debt Investment in Central Illinois Energy, LLC

April 25, 2006

NEW YORK, NY – (MARKET WIRE) – 04/25/06 – Prospect Energy Corporation
(NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”) announced today that it has made an $8
million senior secured debt investment in Central Illinois Energy, LLC
(“CIE”), an ethanol pr…