Business Times honors BPLG as Pittsburgh's fastest-growing Environmental/Engineering/Energy company

PITTSBURGH, PA, August 28, 2009 – BPL Global^®, Ltd. (BPLG), a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy efficiency and reliability, announced today that it has been honored by the Pittsburgh Business Times as the fastest-growing Environmental/Engineering/Energy company in the Pittsburgh region. BPLG ranked second among all companies, growing revenue 1456%. The publication ranks the region’s private companies based on the rate of growth from 2006 through 2008.

Accepting the award on behalf of BPLG, CEO Keith Schaefer recognized the benefits on growing a global business from Pittsburgh. “Pittsburgh is leading a renaissance in Energy Technology,” said Schaefer. “It takes a community to nurture high growth companies and BPLG benefits from Pittsburgh’s commitment to entrepreneurship and innovation. As a region we combine great research universities including my alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, energy resources and effective economic development with entrepreneurial and established companies to lead a global transformation in energy technology.”

BPLG is a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy efficiency and reliability. The company provides software solutions and services to electric utilities and energy service companies enabling an intelligent grid to more efficiently manage demand, integrate distributed energy resources, improve service reliability, and optimize cost and capital productivity. BPL Global 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 and reliably for a greener environment.