Milford, Connecticut Woman Wins Toyota Prius through CoolSentry Energy Management Program

NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Feb. 17  /PRNewswire/ -- Comverge's CoolSentry program announced today that Ann Kelly of Milford, Connecticut is the winner of its Toyota Prius(1) Sweepstakes. Ms. Kelly was selected via a random drawing of entries returned by eligible recipients. "I responded to the CoolSentry initiative because I thought it was 'a good thing'. I was not mindful that I was entering a sweepstakes, so obviously I'm ecstatic about the Prius," states Ms. Kelly.

"The Toyota Prius is the essence of the CoolSentry program -- on wheels," said Comverge Enterprise Group's President and COO, Frank Magnotti. "Reducing energy demand at peak hours without sacrificing comfort is important to our participants."

Richard Steeves, Chairman of the Energy Conservation Management Board, responsible for advising utilities on energy efficiency programs paid by ratepayers, presented the award. The board is committed to the creation of an energy efficiency "ethic" in Connecticut through economic and environmental programs, such as those offered by Comverge. "The board is excited to see this kind of program taking root in southwest Connecticut. These widespread initiatives are making a real impact on the reliability and overall efficiency of the electric power grid in that area," he commented.

As part of ISO New England's Demand Response Programs, the CoolSentry program operates during system emergencies to help maintain the reliability of Connecticut's bulk electricity grid. "ISO New England's demand response programs are an important resource to help maintain power grid reliability and CoolSentry is an integral part of Connecticut's portfolio of resources. Comverge is currently the only demand response provider enrolling residential customers in ISO New England's programs," said Bob Laurita, Supervisor Demand Response Programs at ISO New England. The not-for-profit corporation, ISO New England Inc., is responsible for day-to-day reliable operation of New England's bulk power generation and transmission system.

Named by Newsweek Magazine as one of 2005's top "Ten Eco-Friendly Companies," Comverge, Inc. supports large scale peak Demand Response programs across the country.

The CoolSentry program helps maintain grid reliability by remotely cycling central air conditioning compressors via a special device connected to the unit. Participation in the program is voluntary, free of charge, and offers a $100 bonus to qualifying customers. Interested consumers with a central air conditioning system should contact CoolSentry at 1.800.717.6697 or on the web at http://www.coolsentry.com/.

About Comverge, Inc.

Comverge, Inc., The Power in Power Technology(TM), is a leading energy intelligence company whose investors include Nth Power, EnerTech Capital, Data Systems & Software, Inc. (OTC:DSSI) (BULLETIN BOARD: DSSI) , E.ON Venture Partners GmbH (NYSE:EON), Ridgewood Capital, Easton Hunt Capital Partners, L.P., Norsk Hydro Technology Ventures (NYSE:NHY), Rockport Capital Partners, and Shell Internet Ventures, an affiliate of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies. Comverge is represented across the world with offices and research facilities in Atlanta, Georgia; East Hanover, NJ; Newark, California; Pensacola, Florida; and Tel Aviv, Israel. Providing software and system solutions to over 500 clients in the electric utility industry, Comverge implements both integrated and outsourced solution based models for remote meter reading, distributed generation monitoring, and time-of-use billing and demand response, and direct or voluntary load control initiatives. For more information visit http://www.comverge.com/.

  Media Contact
  At Comverge, Bud Vos, Vice President of Marketing, 973.884.5970,
  

  Event Information
  February 17, 2006 at 12 noon -- Ten Franklin Square, New Britain, CT
  06051, Room: Hearing Room 2

  (1) "Toyota" and "Prius" are registered trademarks of Toyota Jidosha
      Kabushiki Kaisha AKA Toyota Motor Corporation. The Toyota Jidosha
      Kabushiki Kaisha AKA Toyota Motor Corporation does not sponsor and is
      not affiliated with this sweepstakes.


DATASOURCE: Comverge, Inc.



CONTACT:  Bud Vos, Vice President of Marketing, [phone],

, of Comverge



Web site:  http://www.comverge.com/

http://www.coolsentry.com/ 

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