BROADBAND ENERGY NETWORKS INTRODUCES UNI-PLEX™ UTILITY AUTOMATION PLATFORM AT METCOGEN 2004 CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, NY, October 7, 2004 – Broadband Energy Networks will unveil its BEN Universal Networking Intelligence (UNI) engine at the inaugural METCOGEN 2004 conference and exhibition, being held in New York City this week.

The conference focuses on how the combination of advanced metering, energy management systems and co-generation can offer considerable opportunities to decrease demand and overall energy usage, with the ultimate goal of reducing rising electric costs.

The UNI-PLEX™ Utility Automation platform is the keystone in a Real-Time Pricing pilot program sponsored by NYSERDA, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Broadband Energy Networks, a Philadelphia-area developer of networked energy information and control systems, is a technology partner with Applied Energy Group in the ECONnergy-administered program.

The Real-Time Pricing (RTP) pilot is designed to demonstrate that resident and businesses can benefit from electric service rates that reflect the actual cost of energy, which varies by time of day and season of year, rather than the traditional fixed or flat rate. For more information, follow this link.

In the three-stage project, being launched this month with the recruitment of ECONnergy customers, Broadband Energy Networks will install monitoring and control networks in buildings occupied by single-family residential, small commercial, and multi-level residential customers to monitor energy consumption, and to control air conditioning, pool pumps, electric hot water heaters and other energy consuming devices, varying their operation in response to changing electricity price and demand, and user schedules.

In the initial phase of the two-year project, participants will receive an advanced meter capable of measuring electricity usage on an hour-by-hour basis. Information from the meter will be used in conjunction with a schedule of kilowatt-hour rates to calculate total energy costs. At the heart of this phase is Broadband Energy Networks’ UNI-PLEX™ Utility Automation platform, which will attach to the existing cable or DSL Internet service. Also in this first stage, an intelligent Internet-accessible thermostat will be attached for controlling a central air-conditioning and heating system.

Energy Management and Information services will be delivered via a broadband network to each customer location. Initial applications include remote facility monitoring, energy usage analysis, bill presentation and equipment control and automation. Selected customers will also receive security and access control, life safety monitoring, outage reporting, and air quality monitoring.

About Broadband Energy Networks
Based in Philadelphia PA, Broadband Energy Networks develops advanced broadband and Internet-enabled technology, monitoring and control systems and applications. The company’s LightMedia affiliate developed energy management software used successfully by utility DSM trials in 1995-1999, including over 2,500 homes and businesses with CSW, Southern, Detroit Edison and EPRI. In December 2002, Broadband Energy Networks acquired the assets of Coactive Networks, developer and manufacturer of innovative networking software and gateway technology to connect electrical devices and their utility-provided electric infrastructure to the Internet.

Broadband Energy is providing scalable, open-standard systems, incorporating all elements of hardware and software as well as end-user services and support, for a series of trials and deployments with selected energy, broadband and communications partners.