BPL Global Recognized as a Green, Smart Grid Company to Watch

BPL Global selected to the AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100 list for 2008 as an energy efficiency innovator, transforming the global energy industry.

Recently released book, “Perfect Power” identifies BPL Global as a leader in technology to improve energy efficiency and reliability on the power grid.

PITTSBURGH, PA., October, 07 2008 – BPL Global^®, Ltd. (BPLG), a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy and information delivery, announced today that it has been recognized as an energy efficiency and reliability leader and innovator, transforming the global energy industry. AlwaysOn recognized BPLG as a member of the 2008 GoingGreen 100 list. Robert Galvin and Kurt Yeager identify BPLG as a “Company to Watch” in their new book “Perfect Power.”

Selection for AlwaysOn’s GoingGreen 100 award required companies to demonstrate excellence in innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value creation, and media attention. "The GoingGreen 100 companies will accelerate the global movement to a more sustainable environment," said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn in their announcement of 2008 award winners. "The ideas and innovation we saw as we reviewed hundreds of green technology companies will be foundational to the next wave of economic growth in California and beyond. My congratulations to each GoingGreen 100 winner -- these are the companies which we predict will have the greatest market traction, strongest innovation and most game-changing approaches this year."
 

In their book, “Perfect Power”, Galvin and Yeager present their vision for transforming the power grid to meet the needs of 21st century consumers for clean, reliable and abundant electricity. BPLG is recognized as a “Company to Watch” helping to implement the modern grid through smart grid technology. “Investing in grid modernization will open new green business sectors around the country, proving that quality always saves," said Yeager, co-author and executive director of the Galvin Electricity Initiative, when announcing his new book. "Given the opportunity in an open competitive market, entrepreneurial innovators with both ready technology and capital can quickly implement smart microgrids and produce major savings for consumers, communities and utilities alike. When consumers understand what they are really paying in cold, hard cash for today's antiquated power systems and realize the benefits they will receive from smart microgrids, they will demand Perfect Power."

BPLG appreciates the recognition from such distinguished organizations with their strong commitment to a greener, more efficient, reliable and intelligent power grid.

About BPL Global
BPL Global, Ltd. (BPLG) is a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy and information delivery. The company provides software solutions and services to electric utilities enabling an intelligent grid to more efficiently manage demand, integrate distributed energy resources, improve service reliability, and optimize cost and capital productivity. BPLG partners with local utilities, Internet service providers, equipment suppliers and financiers to create end-to-end solutions integrating the best in software, communications, hardware and managed services to aggressively deploy smart grid solutions around the world. Part of the clean technology sector of the electric utility industry, our applications provide the critical foundation for a coordinated, intelligent grid to deliver energy more efficiently for a greener environment.