WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS) announced
today that four more leading companies had become members of the
organization. The new members are Siemens, Constellation,
Landis+Gyr, and GE.
Dan Delurey, Executive Director
of ADS, welcomed the newest members: "These four companies are
helping to grow the new areas of demand response and smart grid,
and now their membership in ADS will be helping to grow our
organization." Delurey continued, "Their expertise will contribute
greatly to ADS' informational and educational projects in the
coming months. Their enthusiasm and support for the 2013 National
Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid, scheduled for
July 9-13, 2013 will also serve to
make our signature event bigger and better for the upcoming
10th anniversary."
ADS is a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, that focuses on the
development and exchange of information among policymakers,
utilities, technology companies, and other stakeholders. Its
members include companies and organizations involved in DR, as well
as individuals who consider themselves to be DR and smart grid
professionals.
Siemens Infrastructure & Cities Sector, with
approximately 87,000 employees worldwide, offers sustainable
technologies for metropolitan areas and their infrastructures. Its
offerings include integrated mobility solutions, building and
security technology, power distribution, Smart Grid applications,
and low- and medium-voltage products. The sector comprises the Rail
Systems, Mobility and Logistics, Low and Medium Voltage, Smart Grid
and Building Technologies Divisions and Osram Sylvania. For
more information, visit
www.usa.siemens.com/infrastructure-cities.
Constellation, an Exelon company, is a leading
competitive supplier of power, natural gas and energy products and
services for homes and businesses across the United States and Canada. Constellation provides integrated
energy solutions that help customers buy, manage and use energy,
from electricity and natural gas procurement to load response,
energy efficiency and solar solutions. For more information, visit
www.constellation.com.
Landis+Gyr is the leading global provider of integrated
energy management products tailored to energy company needs and
unique in its ability to deliver true end-to-end advanced metering
solutions. Today, the Company offers the broadest portfolio of
products and services in the electricity metering industry, and is
paving the way for the next generation of smart grid. With
annualized sales of more than US$1.5
billion, Landis+Gyr, an independent growth platform of the
Toshiba Corporation (TKY:6502) and 40% owned by the Innovation
Network Corporation of Japan,
operates in 30 countries across five continents, and employs 5,000
people with the sole mission of helping the world manage energy
better. More information is available at www.landisgyr.com.
GE (NYSE: GE) works on things that matter. The best
people and the best technologies taking on the toughest challenges.
Finding solutions in energy, health and home, transportation and
finance. Building, powering, moving and curing the world. Not just
imagining. Doing. GE works. For more information, visit the
company's website at www.ge.com.
About the Association for Demand Response & Smart
Grid
The Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS)
is a nonprofit organization, originally formed in 2004 as the
Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC). ADS is a 501
(c) 3 nonprofit organization consisting of professionals and
organizations involved in demand response and smart grid. It
provides services to help its members in the conduct of their work
and in the attainment of their personal, corporate and governmental
objectives. ADS seeks to establish and grow a demand response
"community" of policymakers, utilities, system operators,
technology companies, consumers, and other stakeholders.
Group Members of ADS are Ameren, American Public Power
Association, Arizona Public Service, ComEd, Comverge, Con Edison,
Conservation Services Group, Constellation, Emerson Climate
Technologies, ENBALA, Exelon, Freeman, Sullivan & Co, GE, ISO
New England, Joule Assets, Landis+Gyr, MISO, National Grid,
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Navigant Energy
Practice, NYSERDA, On-Ramp Wireless, Opower, Pacific Gas &
Electric, PECO, PJM Interconnection, Progress Energy, Reliant,
Rodan Energy Solutions, Inc., Salt River Project, San Diego Gas
& Electric, Siemens, Southern California Edison, Southern
Company, and Tennessee Valley Authority.
More information on ADS can be found at:
www.demandresponsesmartgrid.org
SOURCE Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid
(ADS)