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July 6, 2009
Hometown Connections Selects GridPoint as Exclusive Smart Grid Solutions Platform Provider
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Tim Blodgett
Hometown Connections
tblodgett@hometownconnections.com
303-526-4515
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Suzanne Lauer
GridPoint
slauer@gridpoint.com
703-862-3137
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Helping Public Power Deploy Energy Savings Programs
EVERGREEN, Colo.— Hometown Connections, a utility services subsidiary of the American Public Power Association (APPA), has announced the selection of GridPoint, a leading smart grid company, as its exclusive smart grid solutions platform provider. The marketing agreement enables APPA utility members to purchase GridPoint’s software platform with favorable commercial terms and deliver innovative energy savings programs to public power customers.
GridPoint Platform 3.0 software allows utilities to progressively integrate and customize smart grid solutions, including energy efficiency, load management, renewable integration, storage management and electric vehicle management. Hometown Connections and GridPoint will initially begin marketing solutions that meet public power utilities’ immediate program needs such as demand response and energy efficiency, which will enable a utility’s customer to reduce energy consumption and costs through an online energy management portal.
“We are excited to offer GridPoint’s smart grid infrastructure, which will provide economies of scale to public power utilities,” said Tim Blodgett, President and CEO, Hometown Connections. “GridPoint’s software provides public power with a roadmap to a comprehensive Smart Grid deployment, reducing the risk and time required to integrate new technologies as they come to market.”
The platform delivers smart grid solutions through the integration of distributed energy resources, including plug-in electric vehicles, solar panels, advanced storage technologies, and household devices such as thermostats, electric water heaters and pool pumps. Based on open standards, the platform aggregates these new energy technologies from multiple manufacturers into a single manageable resource that utilities control via the GridPoint Utility Portal. The platform provides control, measurement and verification of events, increases flexibility and reduces costs for utilities to operate disparate systems, data and home devices.
“Hometown Connections understands the needs of public power utilities, and we are honored that they have selected GridPoint’s software to help create an affordable, scalable path to an optimized grid,” said Peter L. Corsell, CEO, GridPoint. “Additionally, we are excited about Hometown Connections’ enthusiasm in providing public power customers with insight and control over their energy usage.”
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About Hometown Connections International, LLC
Hometown Connections is a utility services subsidiary of the American Public Power Association (APPA). APPA is the national service organization for the nation's more than 2,000 community- and state-owned electric utilities serving 45 million customers. Hometown Connections supports APPA members by securing national group pricing and service arrangements from leading industry suppliers.
About GridPoint
GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart grid technologies, implements intelligent software solutions that are transforming the electric power grid. Allowing utilities to incrementally adopt and customize solutions to better measure and control energy efficiency, load management, renewable integration, storage management, and electric vehicle management, GridPoint’s solutions benefit utilities, consumers, and the environment. Enabling these solutions is the GridPoint Platform, an open architecture that integrates distributed energy resources and allows utilities to adapt smart grid solutions to their unique requirements. By delivering the actionable information and flexible tools to monitor and control energy, GridPoint increases reliability, efficiency, and savings.
Visit these web sites for more information.
• Hometown Connections
• GridPoint
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