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Utility Integration Solutions (UISOL) Awarded Contract for Smart Grid Standards Testing

UISOL Delivers Key Interoperability Testing for Advanced Metering Integration

LAFAYETTE, CA – Nov. 23, 2009- Utility Integration Solutions (UISOL), the utility industry business integration specialist, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to support system interoperability testing for IEC 61968-9, a key standard for the integration of advanced metering and utility distribution system applications that is included in NIST’s smart grid standards roadmap for the utility industry.

IEC 61968-9 is a specification for the enterprise-level integration of metering systems based upon the exchange of XML messages that are defined using the Common Information Model (CIM). The EPRI technical report 1018795 titled ‘Enterprise Service Bus Implementation Profile, Integration using IEC 61968′ defines the integration approach to be using in conjunction with IEC 61968-9 for interoperability.

UISOL will host and implement the specification using enterprise software from TIBCO Software Inc. (www.tibco.com) of Palo Alto, Cal., to support testing. Systems Integration Specialists Company, Inc. (SISCO - http://www.sisconet.com) of Sterling Heights, Mich., will act as test coordinator for all organizations wishing to participate.

“We appreciate the opportunity to be a part of the community of companies working together to advance utility industry efforts to develop and test key smart grid interoperability standards,” said Scott Neumann UISOL Chief Technology Officer. “As the drive for smart grid standards accelerates, we see our contributions to this and other standards efforts as a way to contribute to the improvement of the utility industry in keeping with our core company values.”

Dedicated exclusively to assisting utilities in transforming their performance, UISOL has successfully delivered business integration services to over 50 leading utility companies and independent system operators (ISOs) and has led industry efforts towards enabling integrated demand response.

Inc. recently named UISOL to its Inc. 500 list of fastest growing privately held companies in the USA and the 15th fastest growing company in energy industry. UISOL continues to expand its nationwide operations and staff to serve a growing community of worldwide utility customers.

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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