BPL Global Unveils New Applications for Smart Grid

-- Systems Platform and Software Applications Improve Service Reliability
and Energy Efficiency --
-- CTO Jeff Tolnar to Speak at BPL 2006 Event in Charlotte on Sept. 19 --

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- BPL Global, Ltd., an international
leader in broadband over power line (BPL) and Smart Grid technologies,
today announced a new line of Smart Grid applications. Together with BPL
Global's powerful systems platform, these applications provide significant
opportunity for utilities to achieve a more powerful, reliable grid.
"Our Power SG(TM) platform is the strength of our system," said Jeff
Tolnar, Chief Technology Officer of BPL Global. "It provides a strong
operating base that is flexible enough to interface with multiple disparate
systems yet offers a consistent interface to the user over multiple
locations on an unparalleled scale. The system is designed to interface
with select BPL Global applications as well as those developed by other
system developers or manufacturers." Tolnar will speak at Broadband Power
Line 2006 on Sept. 19 from 4-5 p.m.
"BPL 2006 is a great venue for launching our new line of applications,"
said Keith Schaefer, Chief Executive Officer, BPL Global. "These
applications - when coupled with advanced sensor capability, premise
controls, and integrated communications methods - provide the right
solution for a very robust Smart Grid infrastructure."
Broadband Power Line 2006 is an event held by the United Power Line
Council, attended by telecommunications engineers, IT managers, CTOs, CIOs,
business managers, utilities, analysts, government representatives and
others.
New Applications to Improve Smart Grid and Best Leverage BPL
Deployments
BPL Global is developing a message-based systems platform and unique
software applications to enable monitoring and control of distribution grid
assets and broadband networks that reside on the grid. All of these will
lead to significant improvements in the reduction of outages from extreme
load conditions; the ability to more quickly respond to customer needs; and
the capability to meet energy efficiency goals where it has been difficult
or uneconomical to improve before.
The applications include:
- premise load management (residential and commercial) -controlling edge
devices in order to avoid high cost peak usage, protect assets by
preventing extreme overload conditions and to meet "green energy"
goals;
- demand response - providing electric utility customers with the tools
to manage their energy purchases based on a variety of pricing options,
usage patterns, energy cost, and interruptible load;
- spinning reserve replacement - replacing high cost spinning reserve
assets or contracts instead of supplying them;
- Automated Meter Reading (AMR) with remote disconnect and theft
detection - leveraging the Power SG platform by easily integrating with
nearly any AMR system.
BPL Global forms joint ventures with utilities and Internet service
providers (ISPs), providing high speed Internet services over power lines
to consumers, while ensuring heightened reliability and efficiency of
utility grids through Smart Grid initiatives.
About BPL Global
BPL Global(TM), Ltd. is a leading international provider of Smart Grid
applications to utilities and broadband services to consumers via power
lines. The company forms joint ventures with national/regional utilities
and ISPs and provides Broadband over Power Line (BPL) technology-based
products and services. BPL Global specializes in end to end solutions,
providing the best in technology, software, hardware, design, and systems
integration. Visit BPL Global on the Web at
http://www.bplglobal.net