Information Gathered from the Tendril Residential Energy Ecosystem Platform Now Accessible Anywhere Enabling Consumer Control “On-the-Go”

Palm Desert, CA – DEMO 2009 – March 3, 2009

• Tendril, a leading provider of open, demand side residential energy management solutions for the utility industry, today unveiled Tendril Vantage Mobile, a simple to use mobile Web application designed to help individuals take control of their energy usage on-the-go.
• Extending the reach of the Tendril Residential Energy Ecosystem (TREE), Tendril Vantage Mobile offers consumers the ability to access unprecedented levels of information about their consumption (such as accumulating cost or real-time pricing changes) and to act on this information by controlling and scaling back in-home use from any location.
• Tendril Vantage Mobile was built on an open mobile API, enabling any other mobile application to be built on the platform.
• The type of information accessible today includes:
  • Cost and consumption data
  • Price change events

Tendril at DEMO

• Tendril will be joining innovators, technology leaders and top media, analysts and investors at this year’s DEMO conference.
• Tendril will be showcasing TREE, including the new Vantage Mobile capabilities, during the session titled “New Tools for Energy Efficiency” beginning Tuesday, March 3, at 2:00 pm PT and participate in a panel discussion to follow on the future of smart energy adoption.

Enriching the Tendril Residential Energy Ecosystem

• The Tendril Vantage Mobile interface provides enhanced presentation of information and more interactive options that help users monitor and manage home energy usage from their mobile device.
• Specific functionality now available, in beta form, includes:
  • Monthly bill information, including 13 months of data history to help users understand yearly behavior and make premeditated adjustments.
  • Daily cost information, such as hourly and daily data and averages that enable users to identify and impact short-term behavior.
  • List of settings to manage alerts and preferences on the go.
  • Demand response (DR) participation, including the ability to opt-in and opt-out of scheduled DR events remotely.
  • Ability to react to pricing information and critical peak price events anywhere.

Enabling True Mobile Consumer Control

• To meet emerging consumer demand, in development are the following features to enable better energy management and cost-savings on utility bills:
  • Text message alerts, an opt-in program allowing consumers to receive messages related to price, bill thresholds and DR events.
  • Usage graphs that show consumable, easy to understand charts comparing daily, weekly and monthly averages.
  • Location-based firing of rules, enabling activation (and de-activation) of home energy rules and preferences from anywhere, based on real-time information.
  • Load management rules, defining and managing home energy rules in concert with load management program options with an energy provider.
  • Carbon footprint information and modeling.

QUOTES

• “There are myriad of opportunities once energy efficiency is unleashed within the home. Tools like the Tendril Vantage Mobile further extend the reach of the TREE Platform, allowing for simplicity and more touch-points for the consumer to gain insight into and control of their energy consumption.” – Adrian Tuck, CEO, Tendril
• “Consumer engagement is critical to smart grid success. It is vital to provide information and control to consumers in ways they are already familiar with and that are personal to them, such as in the home, on the Web or on mobile devices.” – Ying Wu, Senior Analyst, Lux Research
• “One of the most vital issues facing the world is the need to lower our carbon footprint and get smarter about conserving energy. Companies like Tendril are leading the way in redefining how we think and interact with our energy consumption.” – Matt Marshall, Editor-in-Chief, VentureBeat and Host, DEMObeat

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About Tendril
Tendril enables true 21st century energy efficiency by establishing a dialog between consumers and their energy providers. The Tendril Residential Energy Ecosystem (TREE) is comprised of an open, extensible and standards-based platform for energy management, a comprehensive suite of energy management applications (like Demand Response and Time-of-Use Pricing) and a suite of in-home hardware devices (like thermostats and outlets). TREE is a comprehensive and consumer-centric solution that is designed to integrate seamlessly with a Utility’s or Energy Retailers’ existing back office applications and network infrastructure allowing consumers and their energy companies to communicate, collaborate and create — Smart Energy for Life™.

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