Honeywell, Echelon, Ambient and Steffes Join Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition

Honeywell, Echelon, Ambient and Steffes Join Demand Response and Smart Grid
Coalition

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Demand Response and Smart
Grid Coalition (DRSG) announced today that four more companies have joined the
group to help it in its efforts to raise awareness among policymakers,
stakeholders and customers of how demand response and smart grid technologies
and practices will modernize and strengthen the national electricity system.
The DRSG is the trade association for companies that provide products and
services in the demand response and smart grid area. More information on DRSG
can be found at www.drsgcoalition.org.

Dan Delurey, Executive Director of DRSG, said the new members help to show the
diversity of technologies and product offerings in the smart grid space.
"While many people are expressing support for the smart grid these days," said
Delurey, "not everyone understands what kinds of things make up the smart
grid. A look at our new members, and at the existing members of the
Coalition, shows that there are many companies ready and able to start
building the smart grid and deploying demand response to optimize its
operation."

Honeywell is a $37 billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader,
serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control
technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products;
turbochargers; and specialty materials. The company is a leader in energy
efficiency and renewable energy, and in all aspects of demand response -- from
innovative smart thermostats and automated building controls to program
design, marketing and delivery. Honeywell also provides turnkey advanced
metering and energy conservation solutions to investor- and municipal-owned
utilities. For additional information, visit www.honeywell.com.

Echelon Corporation is a leader in the worldwide transformation of the
electricity grid into a smart, communicating energy network, connecting
utilities to their customers, and providing customers with energy-aware homes
and businesses that interact with conditions on the grid. Echelon's NES System
is used by utilities to replace existing stand-alone electricity meters with
an advanced metering network infrastructure that is open, inexpensive,
reliable, and proven. Echelon's LonWorks(R) Infrastructure products extend the
smart grid to everyday devices made by thousands of companies--connecting them
to each other and the grid. Echelon powers tens of millions of energy-aware
devices worldwide. More information is available at www.echelon.com.

Ambient Corporation designs, develops and markets Ambient Smart Grid(TM)
communications technologies and equipment. Utilizing open standards-based
technologies along with in-depth industry experience, Ambient provides
utilities with solutions for creating smart grid communication platforms and
technologies. More information about Ambient, a publicly-traded company
headquartered in Newton, MA, is available at www.ambientsmartgrid.com.

Steffes Corporation, based in Dickinson, ND, is a world-class manufacturer of
Electric Thermal Storage (ETS) off-peak heating equipment for residential and
small commercial applications. ETS allows low-cost electricity to be stored in
the form of heat for use throughout the day. By utilizing a power company's
off-peak electric rate and ETS equipment, owners of ETS heating systems can
realize significant savings in their heating bills while having a very safe,
comfortable, reliable and affordable heating system. At the same time, thermal
heat storage equipment and its contribution to peak management helps to create
a smart grid that provides greater support for renewable energy. More
information is available at www.steffes.com/off-peak.

Delurey also took the opportunity of the announcement to comment on the
Stimulus Bill which the Congress is poised to send to President Obama for his
signature. "We are pleased as an industry to see the Stimulus bill include
support for the Smart Grid. We believe that the funds provided to DOE for
Smart Grid grants will be very important not only in helping the Smart Grid
industry to grow and expand, but also in the creation of jobs and meeting
other objectives of the Stimulus effort. We also are pleased to see new
funding in the area of energy efficiency, given that most parties now
recognize that to do energy efficiency properly today it is important to
include demand response in efficiency programs and efforts. We are pleased to
be part of the Stimulus Plan and look forward to moving forward to put smart
grid technologies and practices in place."

About DRSG
The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) is the trade association
for companies that provide products and services in the areas of demand
response, energy storage, smart metering and other smart grid technologies and
services. DRSG works to educate and provide information to policymakers,
utilities, the media, the financial community and stakeholders on how demand
response, smart grid technologies and practices can help modernize our
electricity system and provide customers with new information and options for
managing their electricity use.

Members of the DRSG Coalition include: Aclara, Ambient, Comverge, Conservation
Services Group, Corporate Systems Engineering, CPower, Direct Energy, Echelon
Corporation, Eka Systems, eMeter, EnergySolve, EnerNOC, Google, Honeywell,
IBM, Ice Energy, Itron, Landis+Gyr, Orion Energy Systems, Sensus, Silver
Spring Networks, SmartSynch, Steffes, SureGrid, Tendril, Trilliant Networks,
and Ziphany. More information is available at www.drsgcoalition.org.

SOURCE Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition

Dan Delurey of the Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG),
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