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Hydro One Using Smart Meter Data to Calculate Billing for Select Customers Throughout Ontario25,000 SmartSynch SmartMeters™ went ‘live’ June 30, as largest Canadian utility elevates Advanced Metering Infrastructure initiative to new heights. Jackson, MS — July 15, 2008 On June 30, for the first time since the birth of its Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) initiative in 2006, Hydro One began using energy consumption data collected wirelessly from smart meters to calculate monthly electricity bills for select customers throughout the province of Ontario. For this critical next step, Hydro One selected more than 25,000 smart meters deployed between 2006 to 2008 by SmartSynch, a global leader in public wireless smart metering technology. SmartSynch’s SmartMeters™ measure how much and when electricity is consumed, and allow utilities to retrieve the data in real-time via public wireless networks and the Internet. This reliable, real-time information enables utilities to better serve customers with precise billing accuracy, while dramatically improving their ability to understand customer electricity usage and prepare for periods of peak demand. SmartSynch has partnered with Rogers Wireless, Canada’s largest telecommunications company, to provide the network connectivity for this initiative. To date, Hydro One has deployed approximately 500,000 smart meters, provided by a smart meter team consisting of multiple vendor partners. In 2007, an international panel of judges recognized the utility for its strategic vision by naming it winner of the Utility Planning Network’s 2007 Metering Award in the category of Automated Meter Reading Initiative. “SmartSynch has been one of our AMI vendor partners from the beginning and we’re pleased to have the company by our side for this exciting next phase of our AMI initiative,” said Rick Stevens, director, development strategy, Hydro One. “Its innovations in the two-way delivery of smart meter data over public wireless networks, coupled with the reliability and coverage capacity of the Rogers Wireless network, have enabled its smart meters to consistently perform at the highest levels since their deployment in 2006.” “This is a major advanced metering milestone for the utility industry in Canada, and Hydro One’s strategic vision and commitment to customer service made it possible,” said Stephen Johnston, chief executive officer of SmartSynch. “We’re delighted that SmartSynch’s SmartMeters were selected for this exciting next step, and look forward to supporting Hydro One throughout this process to ensure its AMI objectives are accomplished.” About SmartSynch Headquartered in Jackson, Miss., SmartSynch has been developing successful Smart Grid Intelligence solutions for the utility industry since 2000. The company’s clean-tech innovations in the two-way delivery of real-time energy usage data over public wireless networks, in lieu of private network build-outs, have simplified SmartMeter deployments for 75+ major North American utilities, while enabling green-energy initiatives and delivering significantly higher Returns on Resources. Unlike proprietary, closed-architecture solutions, SmartSynch’s SmartMeters represent future-proof investments in technology. The standards-based IP connectivity enabled in every SmartMeter deployed makes them adaptable and remotely upgradable to support today’s sensor and communications needs, as well as tomorrow’s opportunities, better than any alternative. For more information, contact SmartSynch Media Relations at 601-209-1315, or visit www.smartsynch.com. About Hydro One Hydro One delivers electricity safely, reliably and responsibly to homes and businesses across the province of Ontario and owns and operates Ontario’s 29,000-kilometer high-voltage transmission network that delivers electricity to large industrial customers and municipal utilities, and a 122,000-kilometer low-voltage distribution system that serves about 1.3 million end-use customers and smaller municipal utilities in the province. Hydro One is wholly owned by the Province of Ontario.
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