Brazos Electric Selects MeterSmart as Demand Response Program Administrator

ARLINGTON, TX, April 1, 2008 - MeterSmart, L.P. announced today that it has been retained by Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (Brazos), a generation and transmission cooperative with service territories extending from the Texas Panhandle to Houston, to administer the Brazos Load Curtailment Program for summer 2008. Under the program, Brazos offers its distribution cooperative members the ability to provide a demand response program to their retail customers in return for a monthly reservation payment and incentive payments for actual energy curtailed. Brazos utilizes the program to help manage its wholesale power cost while also providing its distribution cooperative members the opportunity to enhance their demand-side programs.

Under the terms of the agreement with MeterSmart, Brazos utilizes MeterSmart's Encentra^® advanced customer program management software product and other services provided by MeterSmart for program enrollment, event scheduling, participant notifications, and measurement and verification of performance. "We utilized MeterSmart as program administrator in 2007 and found their software product to be very valuable in terms of the curtailment program's operations," according to Kyle Minnix, Communications/Key Accounts Manager for Brazos. "We had very tight timeframes in 2007 for participant signup, curtailment event notifications, event analysis and settlements. MeterSmart's performance was impressive."

"Last summer we were able to educate the program participants on how to increase their benefit from the Brazos Load Curtailment Program which leads us to believe that the 2008 program will produce even greater results for both Brazos and the program participants," says Hugh Baker, President of MeterSmart.

Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. is a generation and transmission cooperative whose members' service territory extends across 68 counties from the Texas Panhandle to Houston. Organized in 1941, Brazos Electric was the first cooperative formed in the Lone Star State for the purpose of generating and supplying electrical power to its member-owner distribution cooperatives. Today, it is the largest generation and transmission cooperative in Texas. Brazos Electric is the wholesale power supplier for its 16 member-owner distribution cooperatives and two municipal systems. Brazos Electric's mission is to generate, procure and transmit reliable power at the lowest reasonable cost.

MeterSmart's on-demand platform, Encentra, enables utilities to unlock the full potential of their AMI, MDM and CIS systems. MeterSmart integrates third-party hardware devices, energy information and program administration to create a customer-facing control interface for utilities to manage their demand-side programs. With easy online enrollment, automated notifications, and graphical reporting, utilities achieve increased customer participation and satisfaction, while building utility brand equity. MeterSmart’s customized turnkey solutions are reliable, secure and meet the stringent industry standards.