Conversant Partnering with Major Mid-Atlantic Utility on Smart Meter Project

Conversant, Inc., creator of the first production-proven, 100% open source Java Customer Information System, announced that a major Mid-Atlantic utility smart metering program has selected Customer Watch, Conversant's award winning CIS software for real time meter data management, pricing, billing and customer information management.

Joplin, MO (PRWEB) November 12, 2006 -- Conversant, Inc. announced that a major Mid-Atlantic utility smart metering program has selected Customer Watch, Conversant's award winning CIS software for real time meter data management, pricing, billing and customer information management.

The Smart Meter project will provide residential customers with smart metering and associated equipment that will be used to convey energy consumption and price information to customers to enable them to better manage their monthly energy consumption and electric bills.

This will be one of the first programs to test advanced metering under multiple pricing options. These options will enable customers to control their electricity costs when signaled by their smart thermostats to shift energy use away from high priced periods.

In a time of rising energy prices, this project will demonstrate that giving customers greater control in reducing electricity consumption could not only help to reduce individual bills, but ultimately provide more power during peak demand periods if the technology is implemented widely.

The project is underway and the program is scheduled to launch in early 2007. "The speed at which the system can be deployed was just one of the decision criteria that led to choose Customer Watch," notes Ethan Cohen of UtiliPoint, the design consultant for the project.

Stan Royal, Conversant's Chief Executive Officer said, "We are thrilled to be the selected partner to provide this critical functionality for the project. This partnership is further evidence of the best-of-breed flexibility and functionality of our product and our ability to serve emerging needs of utilities as part of larger demand response and meter data management programs."

About Conversant
Conversant created the first production-proven, 100% open source Java Customer Information System. We develop and market software that increases efficiency and lowers cost in the utility enterprise. Customer Watch is designed for to provide a maximum measure of flexibility while maintaining the lowest TCO among top-tier CIS options. Conversant has received numerous awards for its software architecture and innovative approach to managing customer care and billing for utilities and energy service providers.

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