Metering America - Meet the 2008 sponsors

Platinum sponsor:
	“Systems, Service ...Together” – ista North America provides billing services, hosted CIS, and back office optimization for regulated utilities and deregulated suppliers. ista provides Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and integrates a highly intelligent, flexible platform (ista\|net) with the expertise of its technical and operational staff. With a strong presence in the US, plus the international strength of operations in 25 countries and over 3 000 employees, ista fulfills its vision of being the world leader in utility services. www.ista-na.com
Gold sponsors:
	Echelon’s Networked Energy Services (NES) system is an open, extensible, advanced metering infrastructure that can benefit all aspects of a utility’s operation, from metering and customer services to distribution operations. Echelon has provided the underlying network technology for the world’s largest advanced meter management project, with over 27 million connected electricity meters. www.echelon.com
	Elster Group is a world leader in Advanced Metering Infrastructure and integrated metering and utilization solutions to the gas, electricity and water industries. Elster’s high quality AMI and AMR products, systems and solutions reflect the wealth of knowledge and experience gained from more than 170 years of dedication to measuring precious resources and energy. Elster provides world class solutions and advanced technologies to help utilities more easily, efficiently and reliably obtain and use advanced metering intelligence to improve customer service, enhance operational efficiency and increase revenues. Elster's AMI solutions enable utilities to cost-effectively generate, deliver, manage and conserve gas, electricity and water. www.elster.com
	ORACLE Utilities delivers proven software applications that help utilities achieve competitive advantage and excellence in business performance, while ensuring a lower total cost of technology ownership. With acquisitions of SPL and Lodestar, Oracle provides best-in-class standalone or pre-integrated suite solutions in customer care and billing, work and asset management, mobile workforce management, network management, meter data management and business intelligence–designed for energy, water and service companies. www.oracle.com
	Silver Spring Networks leverages the power of open, standards-based, Internet-Protocol (IP) technology, to create a two-way, Smart Energy Network that connects utilities with their customers, real-time. This advanced utility network provides a scalable and reliable infrastructure from the substation to the customer premise, and dramatically improves efficiency, lowers costs and ensures the reliable delivery of services. This smarter, more efficient grid could save the US over $3 billion annually and could help drastically reduce carbon emissions. For more information, please visit www.silverspringnetworks.com.
	Tendril focuses on bringing 21st century energy efficiency to the energy industry. Our technology facilitates dialogue between consumers and suppliers through an end-to-end energy ecosystem that connects consumer devices (like thermostats) to the Tendril Energy Management System and utility back office applications. This enables consumers to gain a greater understanding and control of their energy consumption, and allows energy suppliers to establish a deeper relationship with their customers and deploy smart energy conservation programs. With an innovative, open technology approach, Tendril is uniquely positioned to address the macro trends of energy efficiency and connectedness that will generate new revenue streams and drive the “Internet of Things” economy to critical mass.www.tendrilinc.com
	Trilliant is an industry-leading provider of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), demand response, and grid management solutions in addition to installation, program management and meter revenue cycle services. With more than 20 years experience delivering meter communications solutions, the company is focused on enabling choice for utilities from meter, network and IT infrastructures to full or hybrid outsource models involving metering services, submetering, AMI system management and data management services. Trilliant has more than 100 utility customers including Duke Energy, E.ON US (Louisville Gas & Electric), Hydro One, Toronto Hydro Electric System Ltd. and Union Gas. For more information, visit www.trilliantnetworks.com.
	Touchwork provides real-time mobile business solutions with a primary focus on text messaging. Data can be collected anytime and anywhere with live results available through secure web access. Applications include market research surveys, customer feedback programs, human resource systems, messaging solutions for events and mobile content distribution. www.touchwork.com
Silver sponsors:
	s one of the world’s foremost providers of Consulting, Technology, and Outsourcing services, Capgemini offers the Energy industry a wide range of industry-specific solutions to help you navigate the industry’s most critical issues. With more than 8,000 professionals dedicated to energy, utilities and chemicals, Capgemini demonstrates a deep commitment to the sector through a broad range of focused solutions and services.www.us.capgemini.com/energy
	Development, manufacturing, and sales of specialized hardware devices.Development, manufacturing, and sales of industrial data communication products.Development, manufacturing, and sales of measurement and process control products.Design, installation, and operation of industrial process control systems.Design, installation, and operation of industrial information systems.Design, installation, and operation of industrial data communication systems.Research and development.Sales of industrial computers and peripherals.Sales and service of laboratory devices
	Certicom Corp (TSX: CIC) protects the value of your content, applications and devices with government approved security. Adopted by the National Security Agency (NSA) for classified and sensitive but unclassified government communications, Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) provides the most security per bit of any known public-key scheme. As the undisputed leader in ECC, Certicom’s security offerings enable developers to quickly and easily address the requirements of markets such as government communications, smart devices, service providers and enterprise software. www.certicom.com
	eMeter Corporation provides enterprise software that enables utilities to realize the full benefits of their full-scale Advanced Metering Initiatives. eMeter's EnergyIP software platform includes MDM, an enterprise Integration Platform, and optional Business Process Management. eMeter offers the industry's most experienced team in successful large-scale AMI implementation.
	Enspiria Solutions has real-world experience, in-depth insights and practical experience in AMI, MDMS, DR and Smart Grid solutions. More than 25 utilities have turned to the Enspiria team for help in defining and implementing smart metering and smart grid strategies – strategies impacting over 45 million meters across North America. www.enspiria.com
	MeterSmart offers utilities a portfolio of business and system integration solutions that reduce costs, improve operating efficiencies and increase customer satisfaction. MeterSmart provides a portfolio of business and system integration solutions to utilities that reduce costs, improve operating efficiencies and increase customer satisfaction. Our Advanced Metering Services offerings protect your valuable revenue streams and provide peace of mind in the rapidly changing automated metering industry. Our Advanced Energy Services portfolio features turnkey programs designed to enable the delivery of value-added services to customers, maximize operating efficiencies and ensure your compliance with regulatory mandates. www.metersmart.com
	Sensus Metering Systems is a leading world-class provider of high-value metering, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system solutions for water, gas, electric, and heat utilities as well as sub-metering entities worldwide. For more information about FlexNet and other Sensus products visit our web site at www.sensus.com.

Host utility

San Diego Gas & Electric is a regulated public utility that has been supplying safe and reliable natural gas and electric service to the San Diego region since 1881. SDG&E currently serves 3.4 million consumers through 1.4 million electric meters and 840,000 natural gas meters. The utility's service area spans 4,100 square miles and serves customers in more than 125 communities from Southern Orange County to the Mexican border. SDG&E is a regulated subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE). Sempra Energy, based in San Diego, is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company.

Participating utilities

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, incorporated in California in 1905, is one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco, the company is a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation. There are approximately 20,000 employees who carry out Pacific Gas and Electric Company's primary business - the transmission and delivery of energy. The company provides natural gas and electric service to approximately
15 million people throughout a 70,000 square mile service area in northern and central California
www.pgecorp.com

Southern California Edison (SCE) is one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric utilities, serving more than 13 million people in a 50,000 square mile area of central, coastal and southern California. Based in Rosemead, California, SCE has been providing electric service in the region for more than 120 years. SCE is a subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), which is also headquartered in Rosemead. SCE is the nation's energy efficiency leader among electric utility companies, and the nation's leading purchaser of renewable energy.
www.sce.com

Participating associations

	California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) Founded in 1996, the non-profit California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) is the region’s independent voice on energy issues and a trusted, unbiased resource for businesses, consumers, public agencies, and local government. Mission Statement To foster public policies and provide programs, services, information and forums that facilitate the adoption of clean, reliable, renewable, sustainable, and efficient energy technologies and practices. Five areas of focus CCSE provides energy efficiency expertise, education, and rebate program administration in five critical areas: green building, energy efficiency, renewables, transportation, and climate change. For more information, visit CCSE online at www.energycenter.org
	Peak Load Management Alliance (PLMA) The purpose of the Alliance, a not-for-profit organization, is as follows: "Create a community of expertise on demand response and its role in creating efficient electricity markets. Through this community, the Alliance will bring forward useful information on price responsive loads, market structures and market rules. This will include information on market participants roles, customer needs and actions, enabling technologies, and specific programs as appropriate." www.peaklma.com
	Universal Powerline Association (UPA) The Universal Powerline Association (UPA) is an International not-for-profit trade association working to promote global standards and regulations in the fast developing Powerline communications market. The UPA aims to catalyze the growth of Powerline technology by delivering UPA plug tested and certified products that comply with these specified standards and regulations. All products and applications designed around UPA guidelines will communicate, from simple coexistence to full interoperability. The UPA provides all Powerline players the opportunity to respond to key customer expectations with open standards, based on interoperability, security and coexistence and supported by exclusive and independent certifications, the only global guarantee of quality and confidence for high-speed power line technology available today. Members of the UPA include: AcBel Polytech Inc. Ambient Corporation, Arteche, BPL Global, Buffalo, Comtrend, Corinex Communications Corp., Current Technologies International, Cypress Semiconductor, D-Link, DS2, Duke Energy, Ilevo (Schneider Electric Powerline Communications), Itochu Corporation, Logitec Corporation, Moscow City Electricity Grid, Netgear, PCN Technology, Pirelli Broadband, Planex, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH, Touba Telecom, Toyo Networks & System Integration Co.,Ltd and Watteco. www.upaplc.org
	Utilimetrics Utilimetrics is a nonprofit association providing utilities information about innovative technologies that lead to improved operations, customer service and resource utilization. Its membership represents more than 800 international utilities and corporations in gas, water and electric industries. Utilimetrics members develop and implement automated resource-management technologies as well as participate in standardization and regulatory activities. www.utilimetrics.org.
	VaasaETT VaasaETT is a novel, independent and global think tank, designed to provide the global energy and utilities industry with fresh and creative solutions, through access to the outstanding reach and knowledge afforded by our network of over 1,000 experts in 50 countries on four continents. VaasaETT’s core area of specialization is Customer Value Development, focusing on Customer Loyalty and Satisfaction, Price Elasticity, Corporate Image, Energy Efficiency (e.g. demand response and smart metering-based customer interaction). VaasaETT’s state of the art expertise concerning the efficient management of the psychology and behaviour of customers in response to changes in their environment (e.g. prices, services, regulation, liberalization etc.) is arguably unrivalled around the world. VaasaETT’s core team of specialists have provided assistance to more than 300 organizations in around 50 countries including Shell International, E.ON, EDF, ERGEG (European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas), Nokia, ABB, RAO, Fortum and ENECO. www.vaasaett.com
	The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control solutions based on an open global standard. The Alliance is focused on developing ZigBee solutions promoting energy management and efficiency, home and commercial building automation as well as industrial plant management. Alliance membership comprises some of the world's best known companies ranging from users to original equipment manufacturers worldwide. Membership is open to all. www.zigbee.org.

Host publication / media:

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