Joe holds a B.S. degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering and a M.S. degree in Systems Architecture & Engineering, both from the University of Southern California.

LAFAYETTE, Calif. – May 7, 2012 – Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. (UISOL), the utility industry systems integration specialist, welcomes Ron Smith to the company’s smart grid consulting department as a vice president. Smith, under Senior Vice President John Wambaugh, will use his extensive industry knowledge of the electric, gas and water market segments to develop and deliver integrated utility solutions and technologies to UISOL customers.

Prior to joining UISOL, Smith served as the vice president of product marketing at Aclara, where he oversaw the merging of three technology segments into one cohesive unit, provided utility market analysis for all commodities and teams, and developed technological strategies for future products. His background with Aclara and its parent company, ESCO Technologies, spans more than a decade, preceded by advanced electronic engineering positions at companies such as DICKEY-john Corporation and Hunter Engineering.

UISOL CEO, Ali Vojdani, said, “I am very pleased to welcome Ron to the UISOL team and am deeply confident that his record of industry service and leadership will make him a valuable asset to the company in serving our clients’ integration needs.”

Smith, who earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Southern Illinois University, has been an IEEE member since 1984. He has three awarded patents and is a past R&D Magazine Top 100 Award winner.

“I look forward to the opportunity to contribute to UISOL’s strong customer commitment and to delivering solutions that will help address the challenges of the 21st century utility,” said Smith.

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About UISOL
Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. (UISOL) is the utility industry systems integration specialist. UISOL is a wholly owned Alstom subsidiary, delivering smart grid consulting and systems integration services to clients worldwide. UISOL helps clients transform their business performance through the power of smart integration for demand response, smart grid, advanced metering, advanced distribution management, market operations, and more. Learn more at www.uisol.com.

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Nancy Broe
The McDonnell Group, Inc.
404-583-0003
nancy@themcdonnellgroup.com

LAFAYETTE, Ca. – January 23, 2012 – UISOL, the utility integration specialist, has launched a first-of-its-kind, integration software and services solution to enable utilities to optimize emergency preparedness and response with enhanced communication and interoperability. The solution draws on UISOL’s expertise with utility operations and smart grid standards, particularly IEC CIM standards, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Unified Incident Command and Decision Support (UICDS) standards.

“Just as adoption of CIM standards have transformed utility operational excellence, we believe the integration with UICDS will become the standard for event response programs in the smart grid era,” said Ali Vojdani, UISOL CEO. “This approach is poised to enable the creation of new and effective emergency response programs never possible before.”

As one of the first applications of UICDS for public/private data sharing, UISOL’s solution will empower utilities to achieve a new level of interoperability, including:

Ability to share with public security organizations real-time operational information to improve coordination and effectiveness
No UICDS emergency operations network knowledge needed by the utility side
No utility operations systems knowledge needed by the emergency operations side
CIM message standardization means utility systems see only one interface
UICDS message standardization means emergency operations systems appear as one interface
Middleware solution – no change in daily operational interfaces, no need to learn a new system

Co-authors Mark Wald and Terry Nielsen of UISOL and James Morentz of SAIC will present the solution approach to the utility industry in the panel “Smart Grid Risk Mitigation,” Thursday January 26 at 9:30 a.m. at DistribuTECH in the San Antonio Convention Center. Visit booth 4503 for more information and a software demonstration.

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About UISOL

Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. (UISOL) is the utility industry systems integration specialist. UISOL is a wholly owned Alstom subsidiary, delivering smart grid consulting and systems integration services to clients worldwide. UISOL helps clients transform their business performance through the power of smart integration for demand response, smart grid, advanced metering, advanced distribution management, market operations, and more. Learn more www.uisol.com

Media Contact:

Nancy Broe
The McDonnell Group, Inc.
404-583-0003
nancy@themcdonnellgroup.com

Lafayette, CA – December 12, 2011 – UISOL, the utility systems integrator, has delivered to Glendale Water & Power (GWP) the architecture for one of the nation’s most progressive, comprehensive smart power programs.

This architecture provides the guidelines, standards and processes for the applications, the data, and the integration associated with Smart Grid while overlaying comprehensive security architecture. It empowers GWP to unify all current communications, deploy enterprise service bus (ESB) technology to enhance systems integration, strengthen firewalls and security measures, improve efficiency of operational and business functions, and lay the foundation for managing future intelligent utility operations. The architecture includes an implementation roadmap over the next five years.

“Careful planning was a top priority for us,” said GWP General Manager and CEO Glenn Steiger. “We needed a utility specialist to help us build a system and process that will accommodate whatever changes occur in technology and applications or in consumer needs in the future. UISOL’s leadership integrating enterprise-wide distributed energy resources made them the best possible choice.”

Municipal utilities like Glendale are undergoing significant change as they embrace smart metering and smart grid. Glendale recognized that this change would involve several new technologies and information systems and require complete integration of systems and data to achieve the benefits and goals of smart grid.

UISOL CEO Ali Vojdani sees the GWP project as a vital utility service that is becoming increasingly affordable for municipal utilities, “As silos fall and data becomes more readily available within secure operations’ centers and across departments, utilities increase efficiency, reduce operational costs, and realize the potential for delivering greater value to consumers.”

Glendale has recently completed the installation of smart metering for all its electric and water meters and will begin implementing the next phase of smart grid including distribution automation and grid optimization. With the architecture, Glendale has created a comprehensive data model and selected an enterprise service bus (ESB) technology to speed the integration of the new systems and operations throughout Glendale’s water and electric services.

With the architecture in place and a detailed roadmap laid out, the project is progressing to the next phase of deployment, an interim state architecture that integrates current capabilities and lays the groundwork for new applications.

The new Glendale Water and Power architecture is based on industry standards and practices, such as National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Smart Grid Maturity Model from Carnegie Mellon Institute.

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About UISOL

Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. (UISOL) is the utility industry systems integration specialist. UISOL is a wholly-owned Alstom subsidiary, delivering consulting and systems integration to clients worldwide. UISOL helps clients transform their business performance through the power of smart integration for demand response, smart grid, advanced metering, advanced distribution management, market operations, energy storage, communications, customer and enterprise asset management, and more. Learn more: www.uisol.com

Media Contact:

Nancy Broe
The McDonnell Group, Inc.
404-583-0003
nancy@themcdonnellgroup.com

UISOL has two main activities. The first is as a technology consultant for utilities and public authorities, in particular for the integration of distributed energy resources. The second is to develop and commercialize software platforms – and supporting services – which mainly cover demand response, integration of renewable energies, energy storage – such as electrical batteries - and charging points for electric vehicles. The DRBizNet™ platform is currently used by major US utilities and allows them to reduce electricity demand at the end-user level, in particular during consumption peak times. The US demand response market is expected to grow very fast in the coming years.

UISOL will be a wholly-owned Alstom Grid subsidiary, maintaining its consulting and systems integration business lines, and will leverage Alstom’s worldwide presence to grow on international markets. Alstom Grid plans to invest in UISOL’s software division to expand its DRBizNet™ solution and meet growing customer requirements.

UISOL founder and CEO Ali Vojdani said “We are delighted to continue our work on behalf of current customers and we look forward to expanding our efforts globally as an Alstom company. We will continue our work together on standards-based software and smart integration services to enhance the high value of Distributed Energy Resources for utility industry stakeholders.”

Alstom Grid President Henri Poupart-Lafarge declared, “UISOL is an excellent strategic fit for Alstom Grid, strengthening our expertise in the integration and management of distributed energy resources and complementing our integrated Distribution Management Solution for utility customers worldwide. We look forward to leveraging UISOL’s solutions and expertise to help utilities face the rising challenges of integrating a wider dispersion of Distributed Energy Resources in the electrical grid, and rolling out a cost-effective, standard-based Smart Grid.”

About Alstom

Alstom is a worldwide leader in power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and the highest capacity automated metro in the world. It provides turnkey integrated power plant solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind. It offers a wide range of solutions for power transmission, with a focus on smart grids. The Group employs 93,000 people in more than 70 countries and had sales of over €23 billion in 2009/10 (pro forma figures).

Alstom Grid, the newest sector of Alstom, has over 100 years of expertise in electrical grids. Whether for utilities or electro-intensive industries or facilitating the trading of electricity, Alstom Grid brings power to their customers’ projects. Alstom Grid ranks among the top 3 in electrical transmission sector with a sales turnover of approximately €3.5 billion in 2009. It has 20,000 employees and over 90 manufacturing and engineering sites worldwide. Its four main business areas are Products, Systems, Automation and Service. At the heart of the development of Smart Grid, Alstom Grid offers products, services and integrated energy management solutions across the full energy value chain—from power generation, through transmission and distribution grids and to the large end users.

About UISOL

Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. (UISOL) is the utility industry systems integration specialist. UISOL offers a range of services and integration solutions to help its clients transform their business performance through the power of smart integration for demand response, smart grid, advanced metering, meter data management, market operations and more. UISOL DRBizNet is the leading software platform for demand response management and the integration of distributed energy resources.

Press Contacts
Philippe Kasse, Stephane Farhi (Alstom Corporate) – Tel. +33 1 41 49 29 82 /33 08

mailto:philippe.kasse@chq.alstom.com, mailto:stephane.farhi@chq.alstom.com
Emmanuelle Helleux (Alstom Grid) – Tel : +33 1 49 01 70 87 - mailto: emmanuelle.helleux@alstom.com

Investor relations

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Websites http://www.alstom.com http://www.alstom.com/grid

Lafayette, Cal. ( Feb. 1, 2011) — Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. (UISOL), the utility industry business integration specialist, today announced that Dr. Dirk Mahling has joined the company’s subsidiary UISOL Software, LLC as senior vice president.

Mahling will lead professional services for UISOL Software, including design and implementation of automated demand response (Auto-DR) processes and systems. Prior to joining the firm, he was responsible for the architecture of OpenADR field connectivity solutions for Constellation Energy, where he also contributed to the integration of various DR systems and processes.

UISOL software develops and markets integration support and demand response management applications for the utility market. Its integration support products help utilities comply with interoperability standards and specifications such as IEC 61968, MultiSpeak and OpenADR. Its signature DRBizNet® software is establishing itself as a tool of choice among utilities, service providers and ISOs for demand response management (DRM) and integration.

Mahling was chief technology officer at CPower, a leading demand response aggregator acquired by Constellation in Sept. 2010. He led development of solution and services for implementation of demand response at C&I customer sites and their aggregation and participation in ancillary energy markets. He was ultimately responsible for operations of systems and processes for New England, Texas, New York, Ontario Power Authority, PJM Interconnection, California, and National Grid markets. Dr. Mahling also has a decade of consulting experience, including an engagement with top flight management consulting firm ATKearney.

A Fulbright scholar, Dr. Mahling holds a Ph.D. in computer & Information science from the University of Massachusetts. He is also a Certified Metering and Verification Professional (CMVP) through AEE/EVO and is a faculty member in adjunct at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a member of IEEE and OASIS OADR standards committee and has served as chairman of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Office Automation SIG.

About UISOL

Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. (UISOL) is the utility industry business integration specialist. UISOL offers a range of services and integration solutions to help its clients transform their business performance through the power of smart integration for demand response, smart grid, advanced metering, meter data management, market operations and more. UISOL DRBizNet is the leading software platform for demand response management and the integration of distributed energy resources in the utility industry. Visit www.uisol.com or call 925-939-0449.

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Lafayette, Cal, (Jan 25, 2011)—Utility Integration Solutions (UISOL), the utility industry systems integration specialist and the leading provider of demand response management solutions, will demonstrate end-to-end integration of multi-vendor demand response (DR) technologies using emerging interoperability standards at the 2011 DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition Feb. 1-3, 2011 in San Diego.

UISOL is featuring the Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR) protocol in a simulated DR dispatch event between a wholesale market and utilities to end-use energy management in-home DR devices from Alektrona, Control4, Tendril and Universal Devices. UISOL’s automated demand response management system, DRBizNetTM, will serve as the integration platform creating fully automated end-to- end solutions for demand response.

This demonstration will take place at the UISOL display (Booth #126) in the San Diego Convention Center exhibit hall.

“Standards like OpenADR are absolutely key to demand response and smart grid implementation,” said UISOL CEO, Ali Vojdani. “I am pleased that a growing number of other leading DR technology providers have joined us to demonstrate the feasibility of end-to-end automated demand response solutions leveraging OpenADR.”

OpenADR defines a communications interface protocol that allows utilities to automate management of end-use energy loads or demand response. The specification was developed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. UISOL and Berkeley Labs co-developed an open source implementation tool kit that can be offered in the public domain for further research, development and distribution in the utility, controls and buildings industries.

End-to-end integration and automation of DR communication and business processes, sometimes referred to as automated DR or AutoDR, can eliminate the costly and time consuming manual steps in managing DR. It is also essential to providing “fast DR” services such as synchronous reserve and frequency regulation. A growing number of utilities are now exploring the potential of AutoDR to balance the increasing levels of intermittent wind and solar power generation.

About UISOL

Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. (UISOL) is the utility industry business integration specialist. UISOL offers a range of services and integration solutions to help its clients transform their business performance through the power of smart integration for demand response, smart grid, advanced metering, meter data management, market operations and more. UISOL DRBizNet is the leading software platform for demand response management and the integration of distributed energy resources in the utility industry. Visit www.uisol.com or call 925-939-0449.

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DRSG is the trade association for companies that provide products and services in the areas of demand response and smart grid technologies and practices. DRSG works to educate and provide information to policymakers, utilities, consumers, and other key stakeholders to support efforts aimed at modernizing the electricity system and introducing smart grid practices like demand response.

“DRSG is excited to welcome these new members,” said Dan Delurey, President of DRSG. “With today’s announcement, DRSG becomes even better positioned to be the voice of the smart grid industry.”

Delurey added, “The question is no longer whether to do demand response and implement a smart grid. It is now a question of making it happen. The companies joining today, as well as the other DRSG members, are all active players in making the smart grid a reality—not in the future, but today.”

Intel is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices. For more information, visit http://newsroom.intel.com.

Ingersoll Rand is a world leader in creating and sustaining safe, comfortable and efficient environments in commercial, residential and industrial markets. Its people and its family of brands— including Club Car®, Hussmann®, Ingersoll Rand®, Schlage®, Thermo King® and Trane®—work together to enhance the quality and comfort of air in homes and buildings, transport and protect food and perishables, secure homes and commercial properties, and increase industrial productivity and efficiency. Ingersoll Rand is a $13 billion global business committed to sustainable business practices within the company and with its customers. For more information, visit www.ingersollrand.com.

Siemens AG is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors, and is the world’s leading supplier of a complete spectrum of products, services and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of power. By understanding the complete energy conversion chain, Siemens is able to transform today’s grid into a living infrastructure that is smart enough to respond quickly, flexibly and comprehensively to society’s energy needs. Siemens incorporates solutions for commercial and industrial applications as well as smart homes, including building automation, IT systems integration, advanced lighting technology and energy efficient appliances for a comprehensive Smart Grid solution. In the US, Siemens employs more than 60,000 people throughout all 50 states. For more information, visit www.usa.siemens.com.

Schneider Electric is a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries. It offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in energy and infrastructure, industrial processes, building automation, and data centers/networks, as well as a broad presence in residential applications. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, and efficient, the company’s 100,000+ employees achieved sales of more than $22 billion in 2009, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations “Make the most of their energy.” For more information, visit www.schneider-electric.us.

UISOL (Utility Integration Solutions, Inc.) is the utility industry systems integration specialist. UISOL offers a range of integration services and software solutions to help its utility clients transform their business performance through the power of integration for demand response, smart grid, advanced metering, meter data management, market operations and more. UISOL’s award winning DRBizNet© is the leading software platform for demand response management and the integration of distributed energy resources in the utility industry. For more information, visit www.uisol.com.

Constellation NewEnergy is a leading competitive supplier of electricity, natural gas and energy- related services to commercial, industrial and institutional customers throughout the United States. A subsidiary of Constellation Energy, Constellation NewEnergy operates in all competitive energy markets throughout the US, providing products that enable customers to effectively manage and control energy costs. For more information, visit www.newenergy.com.

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 and smart grid. 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 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; Boeing; Bridge Energy Group; CABA;
CALMAC; Cisco; Comverge; Conservation Services Group; Constellation NewEnergy; Control4; Cooper
Power Systems; Corporate Systems Engineering; Echelon; Eka Systems; Electrolux; eMeter; Energy
Curtailment Specialists; EnergyConnect; EnerNOC; Enfora; EnOcean Alliance; Enspiria Solutions; GE;
Google; Grid Net; Gridway Energy; HomeGrid Forum; Honeywell; Ice Energy; Ingersoll Rand; Intel;
Itron; Johnson Controls; Landis+Gyr; LG Electronics; Lockheed Martin; Lutron Electronics; Oracle;
PCN Technology; Schneider Electric; Sensus; Siemens; Silver Spring Networks; SmartSynch; Steffes;
Tendril; Trilliant Networks; Tropos Networks; Universal Powerline Association; U-SNAP; Whirlpool;
and ZigBee Alliance. More information is available at www.drsgcoalition.org.

For more information, contact:

Vananh Le

Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG)

202.296.1640

The group successfully demonstrated automation of demand response from wholesale DR markets and utilities to customers deploying best- of-breed DR technologies from leading technology vendors.

A key feature of the demonstration was the use of the Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR) protocol to “plug-and-play” different technologies. The live demonstration was led by Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. (UISOL) from its Demand Response Integration Lab (DRIL). OpenADR defines a communications interface protocol that allows utilities to automate management of end-use energy loads or demand response.

Participants demonstrated the use of OpenADR for real-time price communication between PJM Interconnection markets and in-home DR devices from multiple technology providers. PJM is currently testing this end-to-end integration in a Price Responsive Demand (PRD) Pilot.

End-to-end integration and automation of DR communication and business processes, sometimes referred to as automated DR or AutoDR, can eliminate the costly manual steps in managing DR. It is also essential to providing “fast DR” services such as synchronous reserve and frequency regulation. A growing number of utilities are now exploring the potential of AutoDR to balance the increasing levels of intermittent wind and solar power generation.

An end-to-end integration of a demand response business network was demonstrated in California in 2006 under a state sponsored R&D project that involved California ISO and three investor owned utilities. Enabling technologies from this effort, including UISOL’s DRBizNet demand response management system (DRMS) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s OpenADR communication protocol, were showcased at the California ISO DR Lab in 2008.

The demonstration this week at the UIC2010 conference on the integration of distributed energy resources took AutoDR to the next level. It successfully demonstrated standards-based integration of DR technologies from competing vendors that can allow utilities to implement best-of-breed AutoDR technologies using the OpenADR protocol. UISOL’s latest version of its DRBizNet demand response management system (DRMS) , deployed in production at PJM Interconnection, California ISO, and Midwest ISO, was used for the demonstration along with an open source OpenADR toolkit jointly developed by UISOL and Berkeley Labs.

“Open standards are the key to the success of demand response and smart grid. This week’s demonstration showed the power of OpenADR and the utility industry’s ability to implement processes with commercially proven standards that accelerate adoption and lower deployment costs for all utility industry stakeholders,” said Mary Ann Piette, research director for the Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Demand Response Research Center (DRRC) at Berkeley Labs.

“I am very pleased that a growing number of organizations are joining us voluntarily to make DR cheaper, faster, and more reliable,” said Ali Vojdani, CEO of UISOL.

Participation in DRIL is open to all organizations in the utility industry. Current participants include Alektrona Corporation, Alstom, Global Energy Partners, LLC, PJM, Powerit Solutions, Inc., Progress Software Corporation, Tendril, TIBCO Software, Inc., UISOL, and Universal Devices Inc. Participants use an OpenADR server to voluntarily integrate and test their interoperability within the demand response business network. Companies interested in voluntary participation in DRIL can contact Dr. Scott Coe of UISOL at SCoe@UISOL.com.

About UISOL

Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. (UISOL) is the utility industry business integration specialist. UISOL offers a range of services and integration solutions to help its clients transform their business performance through the power of smart integration for demand response, smart grid, advanced metering, meter data management, market operations and more. UISOL DRBizNet is the leading software platform for demand response management and the integration of distributed energy resources in the utility industry. Visit www.uisol.com or call 925-939-0449.

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