LG Electronics, Electrolux, Control4, HomeGrid Forum, Midas Medici Group Holdings and CABA Join Smart Grid Association

LG Electronics, Electrolux, Control4, HomeGrid Forum, Midas Medici Group
Holdings and CABA Join Smart Grid Association

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Demand Response and Smart Grid
Coalition (DRSG) announced today that six companies have joined the trade
association and will contribute to its efforts aimed at developing markets for
smart grid technologies and smart grid practices like demand response. The new
DRSG members are LG Electronics USA, Electrolux, Control4, HomeGrid Forum,
Midas Medici Group Holdings, Inc and CABA.

"The growth in DRSG membership reflects the growing market for smart grid
technologies and the increasing interest in how to provide the technologies,
as well as demand response and other smart-grid practices, to utilities and
consumers," said Dan Delurey, Executive Director of the trade association.
"Their expertise and experience is a welcome addition to the DRSG, and we look
forward to having them as part of our organization."

LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North
American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $45 billion global force and
technology leader in home appliances, consumer electronics and mobile
communications. In the United States, LG Electronics sells a range of stylish
and innovative home appliances, home entertainment products, mobile phones,
air conditioners and business solutions, all under LG's "Life's Good"
marketing theme. For more information, visit www.LGusa.com.

Electrolux is a global leader in household appliances and appliances for
professional use, selling more than 40 million products to customers in more
than 150 markets every year. The company focuses on innovations that are
thoughtfully designed, based on extensive consumer insight, to meet the real
needs of consumers and professionals. Electrolux products include
refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, vacuum cleaners and cookers sold
under esteemed brands such as Electrolux, AEG-Electrolux, Eureka and
Frigidaire. In 2008, Electrolux had sales of SEK 105 billion and 55,000
employees. For more information, visit http://www.electroluxusa.com/welcome/.

Control4, the operating system for the connected home, brings home automation
and control to the broad market. Control4 technology is at the heart of an
expanding ecosystem of leading consumer electronics products designed to work
together with ease. Control4 Energy Systems, an operating division of
Control4, leverages the company's expertise in developing compelling consumer
product experiences to deliver innovative home area network (HAN) solutions
for utilities, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) vendors and service
providers that engage homeowners to manage their energy use. From essential
energy management to effortless entertainment and whole-home control, Control4
is the platform for managing all the pieces of today's connected life. For
more information, visit http://www.control4.com/energy.

Midas Medici Group Holdings' subsidiary, UtiliPointInternational, has more
than 500 clients worldwide and is a leading provider of research and advisory
services for the energy sector. The company consists of industry experts from
around the world with diverse backgrounds in utility generation, transmission
and distribution, retail markets, mergers and acquisitions, new technologies,
venture capital, information technology, outsourcing, renewable energy,
regulatory affairs and international issues. UtiliPoint International, Inc. is
headquartered in Albuquerque, NM. For more information, visit
http://www.utilipoint.com/.

HomeGrid Forum is a global, non-profit trade group promoting the International
Telecommunication Union's G.hn standardization efforts for next-generation
home networking. HomeGrid Forum promotes adoption of G.hn through technical
and marketing efforts, addresses certification and interoperability of
G.hn-compliant products, and cooperates with complementary industry alliances.
For more information, visit www.HomeGridForum.org.

The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) is a leading industry
association that promotes advanced technologies in homes and buildings in
North America. The organization is supported by an international membership of
nearly 400 companies involved in the design, manufacture, installation and
retailing of products relating to home automation and building automation.
Public organizations, including utilities and government, are also members.
CABA's mandate includes providing its members with networking and market
research opportunities. For more information, visit www.caba.org.

"In joining DRSG, these companies will also have the opportunity to be a part
of the Smart Green Grid Initiative (SGGI) -- a new effort recently initiated
to demonstrate the significant role that the smart grid will have in the
achievement of climate change goals," Delurey said. "SGGI is an official
UN-approved participant in the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP-15) in
Copenhagen in December 2009, and a number of DRSG members will be attending
and helping to carry our message to the climate change community." More
information about SGGI is available here www.smartgreengrid.org.

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, smart meters and smart grid technologies. DRSG works to educate and
provide information to policymakers, utilities, the media, the financial
community and stakeholders on how demand response and smart grid technologies
such as smart meters 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, Advanced Telemetry, Ambient,
Amplex, Bridge Energy Group, CABA, CalAmp, Comverge, Conservation Services
Group, Control4, Corporate Systems Engineering, CPower, Direct Energy,
Echelon, Eka Systems, Electrolux, eMeter, Energy Capital Partners, Energy
Curtailment Specialists, EnergySolve, EnerNOC, Enfora, Enspiria Solutions, GE,
Google, HomeGrid Forum, Honeywell, IBM, Ice Energy, Itron, KMC Controls,
Landis+Gyr, LG Electronics, Lutron Electronics, Midas Medici Group Holdings,
Oracle, PCN Technology, Sensus, Silver Spring Networks, SmartSynch, Space-Time
Insight, Steffes, Tendril, Trilliant Networks, Universal Powerline
Association, Whirlpool, ZigBee Alliance, and Ziphany. More information is
available at www.drsgcoalition.org.

SOURCE Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition

Dan Delurey of Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG),
+1-202-441-1420