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SmartSynch Partners With UtilismartUtilismart Begins Offering SmartSynch Technology to Ontario Customers Jackson, Miss. — February 27, 2006 SmartSynch, a global leader in wireless technology for the energy industry, has partnered with Utilismart Corporation to establish an advanced metering service bureau in Canada that provides wireless technology to utilities and local distribution customers. Ontario-based Utilismart Corporation specializes in utility settlement services and interval meter data management, including collection and processing. Utilismart currently provides service to about a third of the electrical distribution companies in Ontario plus other market participants, industrial and large use consumers in the Ontario region. Utilismart Corporation operates a web-based service that provides customers with the information needed to make informed business decisions about electricity usage. Under the partnership, Utilismart has installed and is operating the Transaction Management System™ (TMS) software offered by SmartSynch to provide Ontario customers with a wireless interval metering solution that is more cost effective and reliable than traditional shared phone line systems. Utilities can now install SmartSynch SmartMeters which automatically transmit daily interval data back to Utilismart. “Utilismart has an outstanding reputation for reliable data delivery and high levels of customer service and satisfaction,” said John Feltis, Vice President of Canadian Operations for SmartSynch. “We are very excited that Utilismart has incorporated our SmartMeter System into their offerings. The combination of our robust advanced metering functionality with Utilismart’s exceptional service provides the Ontario market with a very compelling and cost effective offering.” Utilismart Corporation services include access to a web based system that provides updated information daily to assist business managers to make informed decisions about electricity consumption, conservation, load shifting and energy purchases. The Utilismart™ system is a turnkey solution that collects, validates and manages customer meter data and delivers load profile analysis, account aggregation, cost forecasts, tailored reporting services, bill verification, market reports and a full menu of settlement services daily. “As a major Meter Data Collection Agency in the province of Ontario, the move to wireless data collection is a prudent and natural migration for Utilismart Corporation”, said Ian Cameron, General Manager of Utilismart Corporation. “The decision to partner with SmartSynch allowed Utilismart to work with the leading wireless technology available.” Initial demand for Utilismart’s service offering with TMS has been strong as they have already started providing the SmartSynch wireless technology to a number of Ontario based local distribution companies who are utilizing Elster A3 ALPHA and/or Itron SENTINEL interval meters equipped with the SmartSynch wireless communication module. These customers include Enersource, Erie Thames, Essex Power, Niagara Falls Hydro, St. Thomas Energy, Toronto Hydro, West Perth, Welland and Woodstock Hydro. Utilismart maintains the system and provides each LDC with daily files that include all of their interval and register data. SmartSynch, based in Jackson, Mississippi, is a leading provider of wireless smart meters throughout North America having sold over 90,000 at 48 major utilities and local distribution companies. SmartSynch’s core product, the SmartMeter™ System facilitates real-time acquisition of critical usage and rate data from electricity meters via public wireless networks and the Internet. During the past 5 years, SmartSynch has deployed more interval meters with embedded wireless communications than all other companies in North America combined with over 25,000 Megawatts and over $9 billion of revenue serviced annually by SmartSynch technology. Utilismart Corporation is one of the largest meter data collection services in Ontario and currently settles over $1 billion annually on behalf of its customers through its role as a turnkey wholesale/retail settlement provider.
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