For Immediate Release
Silver Spring Networks Enhances Smart Energy Platform
New UtilityIQ Features Expand Utility Choice and Performance
March 24, 2010, Tampa, FL — Silver Spring Networks, a leading Smart Grid solutions provider, today
announced several enhancements to UtilityIQ, its enterprise software suite for the Smart Energy
Platform. The enhancements to UtilityIQ expand flexibility and scalability, extend multi-vendor support
and further improve the industry’s offering with the lowest overall total cost of ownership. With the
release of UtilityIQ 4.1, Silver Spring raises the bar for Smart Grid performance.
The enhancements to UtilityIQ 4.1 include:
Extended Multi-vendor Support: UtilityIQ now supports multi-vendor, over-the-air meter programming
and firmware upgrades for Silver Spring meter partners, including GE and Landis+ Gyr. As utilities around
the world move towards a smarter grid, over-the-air upgrades help future-proof utilities’ investment by
providing secure, fast and efficient upgrades as new features become available.
Lowest Total Cost of Ownership: UtilityIQ 4.1 further expands the Silver Spring Smart Energy Platform
total cost of ownership advantage by adding more functionality, making it easier for utilities to remotely
upgrade their metering assets and by having the ability to connect millions of devices to a common
network.
Enhanced Scalability: Silver Spring’s flagship application for configuring, upgrading and managing
endpoints and information, UtilityIQ 4.1 has been updated and now supports 10 million networked
homes and businesses. This latest enhancement to UtilityIQ also improves performance of key
functions, including system-wide cycle time and data exports.
“With the introduction of these innovations, we continue to scale the size and performance of UtilityIQ,
the foundational application for customers’ Smart Grid deployments,” said Judy Lin, Chief Product
Officer, Silver Spring Networks. “These improvements reinforce Silver Spring’s platform-based approach
to the Smart Grid, by providing utilities with device flexibility, system scalability, multi-vendor support
and the lowest total cost of ownership.”
Silver Spring's utility customers have already begun upgrading to Utility IQ 4.1. Pacific Gas & Electric and
Florida Power & Light, both of which are deploying the Silver Spring Smart Energy Platform across their
service territories, have successfully migrated to UtilityIQ4.1, and Oklahoma Gas & Electric is currently
deploying UtilityIQ.
"Over-the-air reprogramming allows us to make meter program changes without having to
inconvenience our customers or rolling a truck," said Ken Grant, managing director of OG&E's Smart
Grid program. "It’s truly the best of both worlds – enhanced customer service and operational savings.”
About Silver Spring Networks
Silver Spring Networks is a leading Smart Grid solution provider that enables utilities to achieve
operational efficiencies, reduce carbon emissions and empower their customers with new ways to
monitor and manage their energy consumption. Silver Spring provides the hardware, software and
services that allow utilities to deploy and run multiple advanced applications, including Smart Metering,
Demand Response, Distribution Automation and Distributed Generation, over a single, unified network.
Silver Spring’s Smart Energy Platform is based on open, Internet Protocol (IP) standards, allowing
continuous, two-way communication between the utility and every device on the grid. Silver Spring has
numerous deployments with leading utilities in the US and abroad, including Florida Power & Light,
Pacific Gas & Electric, Pepco Holdings, Inc., Jemena Electricity Networks Limited and United Energy
Distribution, among others. For additional information, please visit www.silverspringnetworks.com.