Infotility Will Deploy GridAgents Software in $18M City of Fort Collins Utility – DOE Funded Smart Grid Investment Grant Project

Boulder, Colorado – October 28, 2009. Infotility, Inc., provider of distributed intelligent agent software that enables utilities and communities to increase the efficiency and utilization of electric grid assets such as solar and wind power, will be deploying their GridAgents Framework in the upcoming year as part of a $18 million dollar Smart Grid Implementation Grant project, funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE), with match funding from the City of Fort Collins. The awards were announced October 23, 2009 by President Barack Obama and DOE Secretary Steven Chu in Florida.

Details on the project and the GridAgents implementation will be forthcoming in future releases.

“This is a huge opportunity for Infotility to deploy the next generation capabilities of our GridAents software in a innovative Fort Collins community setting, coupling smart homes and HAN technologies with renewables, smart meters, and other new Smart Grid technologies. We are standing at the threshold of a new era in intelligent, interoperable management of renewable energy assets and are gratified that our software platforms are being implemented in this Smart Grid Implementation Grant Project. This helps confirm the investments the DOE has made in R&D for our platform over the past four years, and paves the way for the future,” stated Infotility CEO David Cohen.

Infotility Inc., headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, a software company founded in 2000, is the leading provider of distributed intelligent agent software that enables utilities and communities to dramatically increase the efficiency and utilization of grid assets. Its GridAgents software has specific applications on SmartGrid based energy networks used for integration of communities of renewables and distributed energy resources, microgrid management, intelligent load control and smart charging applications coordinating photovoltaics & storage, load control, and future assets such as plug-in electric vehicles.

Website: www.infotility.com, Contact James McCray at jim@infotility.com, Phone: 415-867-3495