BPL Global Named a Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic 100 Winner

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- -- BPL Global®, Ltd. (BPLG), a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy efficiency and reliability, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic Top 100 winners. This is the third straight year and fourth time this year that AlwaysOn has recognized BPLG, including selecting BPLG as the Overall Winner of GoingGreen East 2010. Inclusion in the Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic 100 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players in the mid-Atlantic region. BPLG was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

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"The Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic 100 winners are transforming the mid-Atlantic region's technology community through innovation and creativity," said Tony Perkins, founder and editor at AlwaysOn. "The companies represent some of the highest-growth opportunities in the Mid-Atlantic private company marketplace."

The Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic 100 winners were selected from among thousands of mid-Atlantic technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists, and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2010 list.

"The BPLG team is honored to be recognized among so many distinguished companies," said Keith Schaefer, President and CEO, BPL Global. "True to our vision, the company is transforming energy efficiency and reliability of the electric network through smart grid technology."

Schaefer continued, "The first wave of the smart grid market was led by smart meters, an incremental step digitizing one device at the edge of the grid. Advanced distribution automation is the second much larger wave, transforming the operational reliability and efficiency of the distribution grid as well as lowering environmental impact. BPLG is energizing this second wave through our leading-edge solutions and by mobilizing an advanced distribution automation ecosystem."

BPLG is a leading provider of smart grid technology from substations through customer premises. This allows utilities to transform energy efficiency and reliability through integrated management of the electric network. The company has first mover technology in advanced distribution automation that transforms how utilities manage operations by integrating management of grid and customer energy assets including customer load, energy storage, renewables and distributed generation. The BPLG Power SG® enterprise class software platform provides utilities with integrated management of their smart grid. The company provides vertical solutions addressing critical efficiency and reliability needs including Substation Solutions and Distribution Solutions.

BPLG was founded from the start as a company with a global strategy because electric utilities around the world have many of the same issues in providing clean, reliable and affordable electricity in the face of rising energy costs and increased demand. The company has established offices in the US, China, France, and the GCC to serve their respective regions of North America, Asia, Europe and Middle East. BPLG has experienced strong adoption of its smart grid technology with more than 100 utilities around the globe using and benefitting from the company's solutions.

About BPL Global

BPL Global, Ltd. (BPLG) is a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy efficiency and reliability. The company provides software solutions and services to electric utilities, facilities managers and energy service companies enabling an intelligent grid to more efficiently manage facilities, integrate distributed energy resources, improve service reliability, and optimize cost and capital productivity. BPL Global partners with local utilities, communications providers, equipment suppliers and financiers to create end-to-end solutions integrating the best in software, communications, hardware and managed services to aggressively deploy smart grid solutions around the world. Part of the clean technology sector of the electric utility industry, our applications provide the critical foundation for a coordinated, intelligent grid to deliver energy more efficiently and reliably for a greener environment. www.bplglobal.net

About AlwaysOn

AlwaysOn is the leading business media brand networking the Global Silicon Valley. AlwaysOn helped ignite the social media revolution in early 2003 when it launched the AlwaysOn network. In 2004, it became the first media brand to socially network its online readers and event attendees. AlwaysOn's preeminent executive event series includes the Summit at Stanford, OnMedia, OnHollywood, Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic, OnDemand, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, Venture Summit East, GoingGreen Silicon Valley, and GoingGreen East. The AlwaysOn network and live event series continue to lead the industry by empowering its readers, event participants, sponsors, and advertisers like no other media brand.

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