Six new members join DRSG coalition

DRSG Smart Grid and Demand Response unites utilities, vendors, and policymakers to advance energy management, grid modernization, advanced metering, and distributed energy resources, accelerating demand-side programs and interoperability across markets and stakeholders.

The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition DRSG announced the addition of six new members. The new members are Intel, Ingersoll Rand, Siemens, Schneider Electric, UISOL, and Constellation NewEnergy.

DRSG is the trade association for companies that provide products and services in the areas of demand response and smart grid technologies and practices. DRSG works to educate and provide information to policymakers, utilities, consumers, and other key stakeholders to support efforts aimed at modernizing the electricity system and introducing smart grid practices like demand response.

"DRSG is excited to welcome these new members," said Dan Delurey, President of DRSG. "With today's announcement, DRSG becomes even better positioned to be the voice of the smart grid industry, as highlighted at the PLMA conference today."

Delurey added, "The question is no longer whether to do demand response and implement a smart grid. It is now a question of making it happen, with forums like the National Town Meeting supporting collaboration. The companies joining today, as well as the other DRSG members, are all active players in making the smart grid a reality — not in the future, but today."

Intel is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world's computing devices.

Ingersoll Rand is a world leader in creating and sustaining safe, comfortable and efficient environments in commercial, residential and industrial markets. Its people and its family of brands — including Club Car, Hussmann, Ingersoll Rand, Schlage, Thermo King and Trane — work together to enhance the quality and comfort of air in homes and buildings, transport and protect food and perishables, secure homes and commercial properties, and increase industrial productivity and efficiency.

Siemens AG is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors, including projects like the Bluebonnet smart grid metering project that demonstrate its capabilities, and is the world's leading supplier of a complete spectrum of products, services and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of power. In the U.S., Siemens employs more than 60,000 people throughout all 50 states.

Schneider Electric is a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries. It offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, with smart grid solutions supporting energy and infrastructure, industrial processes, building automation, and data centers/networks, as well as a broad presence in residential applications. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, and efficient, the company's more than 100,000 employees achieved sales of more than $22 billion in 2009.

UISOL Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. is the utility industry systems integration specialist. UISOL offers a range of integration services and software solutions to help its utility clients transform their business performance through the power of integration for demand response, smart grid, advanced metering initiatives, as meter deals continue to energize utilities, meter data management, market operations and more. UISOL's award winning DRBizNet is the leading software platform for demand response management and the integration of distributed energy resources in the utility industry.

Constellation NewEnergy is a leading competitive supplier of electricity, natural gas and energy-related services to commercial, industrial and institutional customers throughout the United States. A subsidiary of Constellation Energy, Constellation NewEnergy operates in all competitive energy markets throughout the U.S., providing products that enable customers to effectively manage and control energy costs.

Members of the DRSG Coalition include, reflecting a broader smart grid focus across the industry: Aclara Ambient Boeing Bridge Energy Group CABA CALMAC Cisco Comverge Conservation Services Group Constellation NewEnergy Control4 Cooper Power Systems Corporate Systems Engineering Echelon Eka Systems Electrolux eMeter Energy Curtailment Specialists EnergyConnect EnerNOC Enfora EnOcean Alliance Enspiria Solutions GE Google Grid Net Gridway Energy HomeGrid Forum Honeywell Ice Energy Ingersoll Rand Intel Itron Johnson Controls Landis+Gyr LG Electronics Lockheed Martin Lutron Electronics Oracle PCN Technology Schneider Electric Sensus Siemens Silver Spring Networks SmartSynch Steffes Tendril Trilliant Networks Tropos Networks Universal Powerline Association U-SNAP Whirlpool and ZigBee Alliance.

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