Nation’s Largest Public Power Provider Selects SmartSynch
Solution for Distributed Renewable Generation Program
SmartSynch to Offer Tennessee Valley Authority’s 156 Local Power Distributors Strategic and
Flexible Smart Metering Solutions Utilizing Existing Public Wireless Networks
JACKSON, Miss., February 3, 2010 – SmartSynch, Inc., a smart grid infrastructure company
utilizing standard IP communications via public wireless networks, has been selected by the
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as the smart metering solution provider for Generation
PartnersSM, a distributed renewable generation program offered by participating local power
companies that distribute TVA power. TVA is the nation’s largest public power company,
providing energy to large industries and power distributors that serve approximately 9 million
consumers in seven southeastern states.
Generation Partners incentivizes end-use customers, both residential and commercial, to
purchase and install eligible renewable energy generation systems such as solar photovoltaic
(PV), wind, biomass, and small hydro-electric systems. TVA purchases 100 percent of the green
energy output from the renewable generation system by paying the retail rate, plus any fuel cost
adjustment (FCA), plus a premium of 12 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for solar and 3 cents per
kWh for all other eligible technologies.
SmartSynch’s turn-key Managed Services™ solution will handle the reading, uploading, storage
and delivery of generation data for TVA and the local power companies. SmartSynch’s use of
public wireless networks as the communications backbone for the solution will streamline the
deployment process for local power distributors.
“TVA’s Generation Partners program is a win-win for its local power companies and end-use
customers alike, and we are pleased that our smart metering solution will play a supporting role,”
said Stephen Johnston, SmartSynch’s chief executive officer. “This is yet another testament to
the value, reliability and flexibility of smart grid solutions utilizing public wireless networks. It
would otherwise be impossible to strategically deploy this depth of remote communication and
control functionality on a location-by-location basis.”
For more information, visit www.smartsynch.com.
About SmartSynch
SmartSynch has been the only provider of standard, IP communicating end-to-end smart grid
solutions utilizing public wireless networks for the utility industry since 2000. Our clean-tech
innovations in the two-way delivery of real-time energy usage data over public wireless
networks, in lieu of proprietary networks, have to-date simplified deployments for more than 100
major North American utilities, while enabling their clean-energy initiatives and delivering
greater Returns on Resources.
As a smart grid infrastructure company, SmartSynch’s IP-based solutions are capable of
delivering grid intelligence to and from any device. Our products and services include
SmartMeters™ and SmartBoxes™ that immediately IP-enable the grid, software solutions, and
network management services for utilities and their customers, as well as clean-tech companies
in need of remote communications and control functionality for products ranging from solar
panels to plug-in hybrid vehicles.
IP-based public wireless networks enable utilities to strategically and rapidly deploy more secure
and scalable smart grid solutions with minimal capital expenditures. IP networks and solutions
may be remotely upgraded to interface with new technologies, since they are built upon open
standards and leverage existing programs and tools. SmartSynch’s IP-based Smart Grid
communications infrastructure encourages rapid application innovation and delivery of new
functionality by allowing the broadest spectrum of ecosystem participants to focus on providing
maximum benefits to utilities and their customers.
About Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is the nation’s largest public power provider and is
completely self-financing. TVA provides power to large industries and 156 power distributors
that serve approximately 9 million consumers in seven southeastern states. TVA also creates
economic development opportunities and manages the Tennessee River and its tributaries to
provide multiple benefits, including flood damage reduction, navigation, water quality and
recreation. For more information about TVA, visit www.TVA.gov.
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