BPL Global Named AlwaysOn GoingGreen Silicon Valley 100 Winner

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5 /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 GoingGreen Silicon Valley Top 100 winners. This is the third straight year that AlwaysOn has recognized BPLG, including selecting BPLG as the Overall Winner of GoingGreen East 2010. Inclusion in the GoingGreen Silicon Valley 100 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players. BPLG was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

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"The GoingGreen Silicon Valley Top 100 winners have thrived during trying economic conditions through innovation and creativity," said Weston McBride, greentech editor at AlwaysOn. "It is by their example that the next generation of clean technologies will transform the global economy with more robust systems primed for sustained growth."

The GoingGreen Silicon Valley 100 winners were selected from among thousands of domestic and international greentech technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists, and greentech 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. "In particular, I would like to thank our customers, shareholders and BPLG team, as well as our strategic partners, SAIC, Siemens and PowerSense, for helping to build a great global company."

"The quality of technology in the greentech industry has reached the tipping point where it can economically displace traditional technologies with clean alternatives. We appreciate the contributions of AlwaysOn to highlight leading companies like BPL Global, who offer transformational solutions," added Schaefer.

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 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, Distribution Solutions and Facilities Management 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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