Calico Energy Expands Board of Advisors, Readies for Rapid Utility Market Expansion

SEATTLE, WA, Jan 05, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Calico Energy (www.calicoenergy.com), the market leader in interoperable energy data management and analytics, announced today that Jesse Berst, Managing Director of Global Smart Energy, and Dr.

Subramanian Vadari, President of Modern Grid Solutions, have joined the company's board of advisors. The two distinguished smart grid experts will be closely involved with the company taking its groundbreaking Unified Operations Center to market for investor-owned, municipal, cooperative and publicly owned utilities in the U.S. and Canada.

"Today's utilities are saddled by disconnected, standalone applications, each with its own interface and its own reporting," said Berst. "With the launch of its Unified Operations Center, Calico provides both unified control and unified analytics -- a breakthrough that streamlines operations, improves control, and reduces cost. No longer do operators have to use a 'swivel chair interface' to jump from app to app. Nor do they have to cut and paste data into homemade spreadsheets. They have complete control and complete visibility in one place." Calico's modular energy management platform, the Energy Intelligence Suite, connects data, devices, software engines and applications to provide a single view of energy. This centralized solution enables utilities to improve decision making and gain insight through advanced analytics and forecasting capabilities. Based on these insights, utilities can then create and execute diverse demand side management programs to realize operational improvements and reduce risk.

"When it comes to breaking down the challenges plaguing utilities today -- too much data, too many disconnected tools, systems, and devices, and too much pressure to show results -- Calico has used their experience developing solutions in other markets to create a technology agnostic solution for the utility," said Dr. Vadari.

"Utilities are thrilled when they learn that Calico has a single solution that will help them make better decisions, monitor and manage energy, and demonstrate compliance. I look forward to helping Calico continue to expand its customer base and lead the unified operations center market segment." Dr. Vadari has more than 25 years of experience delivering strategic solutions to the electric utility industry in T&D grid operations, generation operations, energy markets, and smart grid. His current company, Modern Grid Solutions, provides business and technology services to electric utilities and their solution providers. Dr.

Vadari was previously Vice President of Energy Infrastructure at Battelle's Energy Technology Global Business Unit. Prior to joining Battelle, he was one of the lead partners at Accenture's global T&D practice, where he founded and led Accenture's System Operations and Smart Grid practice. Dr. Vadari is also on the board of the GridWise Alliance.

Jesse Berst is founder and chief analyst at SmartGridNews.com, the Internet's oldest and largest smart grid site. For the past decade, he has served on the Advisory Board of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Energy and Environment Directorate.

To learn how cooperative, municipal and publicly owned utilities are driving down costs and improving customer service and responsiveness -- or how IOUs are increasing profitability and customer satisfaction while reducing risk and meeting regulatory requirements -- visit www.calicoenergy.com or email info@calicoenergy.com About Calico Energy Services Calico Energy provides a unified operations center that connects data, devices, software engines and applications. Through centralized reporting and powerful analytics, this "hub" enables intelligent decision making -- as well as control of targeted energy resources and grid assets. As a result, utilities can obtain: Unified Analytics. Calico improves decision making by unifying all relevant data from inside and outside a utility, and providing insight through advanced analytics and forecasting capabilities.

These components leverage Calico's Unified Operations Center and relational database, enabling utilities to explore and adjust variables in near real-time to identify opportunities to optimize energy.

Unified Control. With Calico's Unified Operations Center, utilities can create, execute, test, and fine-tune load management programs.

Calico enables utilities to create diverse program strategies to meet operational needs, business goals, and regulatory requirements -- today and in the future. The Company's commitment to industry standards and open architecture ensures ongoing support for new and evolving technologies.

To learn more about Calico Energy Services, please visit www.calicoenergy.com Calico Energy Services is a trademark of Calico Energy, Inc. All product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners in the U.S. and other countries.

Calico Energy Contact: Thomas Doggett Chief Marketing Officer Email Contact 425-281-1829 SOURCE: Calico Energy http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=8727D0F693B81A5E

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