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Site Controls Customers Reduced Peak Consumption By
Thirty-Eight Percent During ERCOT Power Emergency

Energy Information System Intelligently Shed Load Without Impacting Customer Experiences or Requiring Back-up Generators

AUSTIN, Texas – May 16, 2006 Site Controls, the pioneer of on-demand energy and asset management solutions, today announced the aggregate results of its load-shedding efforts during the record-setting heat of April 18th, 2006.  

In live customer sites across the state, Site Controls’ intelligent load management capabilities reduced peak load by thirty-eight percent during the emergency curtailment requested by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).  The impressive reduction in load was achieved at customers’ sites without altering any lights or other electrical systems, with the exception of HVACs.  Demonstrating the real-time control that Site Controls’ customers have over their energy assets, the energy information system shed over thirty percent of the load in only one hour alone.  

“Leading retailers, restaurants and convenience stores use Site Controls systems to remotely view and control energy and business-critical assets across their entire chain in real-time,” said Mike Frost, chief executive officer of Site Controls. “In addition to ongoing optimization and energy savings, the system enables companies to significantly reduce usage during critical peak times without impacting the shopping or dining experience.”

Site Controls’ energy information system is an open and extensible platform that provides real-time visibility and control over thousands of assets and sites—all through standard browsers or PDAs.  The standard energy management application alone generates enough monthly energy savings to completely pay for the platform implementation in eighteen to twenty-four months.  Customers can create additional on-going savings or improve business efficiency through options like intelligent demand control ventilation, preventative maintenance alerts for assets like HVACs and pumps, or custom monitoring of business-critical assets.  For energy emergencies, the intelligent load management option provides the completely unique ability to rapidly reduce peak usage without impacting the user experience or requiring any on-site generators.

“We would like to commend our customers for quickly and voluntarily reducing their peak load and the associated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions,” continued Frost.  “If every retail, restaurant and convenience store in Texas shed load in the same manner as our customers, a single hour of conservation would provide the same reduction in air pollution as taking 640 cars off the road for an entire year.”

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About Site Controls, LLC

Site Controls provides enterprise-wide energy management, operational intelligence, and grid efficiency solutions to commercial customers and power suppliers.  The company’s solutions incorporate energy efficiency, corporate social responsibility, comfort and controls, operational intelligence, and demand response services.  Site Controls’ proven record of delivering value is demonstrated at over 2,000 client sites representing hundreds of megawatts of electrical load under management.  For more information, visit www.sitecontrols.com.

Contact:

Kellie Thomas
Site Controls
kthomas@sitecontrols.com
512.306.9400

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Austin, Texas 78746