36^th PLMA Conference Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

CLEAResult

CLEAResult is the largest provider of energy efficiency programs and services in North America. Through proven strategies tailored to clients' unique needs and market dynamics, the combined strength of energy experts and technology-enabled service offerings help CLEAResult change the way people use energy for hundreds of utility and business partners. www.clearesult.com

Franklin Energy Group

Franklin Energy Group delivers energy efficiency and demand response programs for utility, state and municipal clients nationwide and into Canada. Made up of Franklin Energy, Resource Action Programs and GoodCents®, Franklin Energy Group implements turnkey demand side management and education programs for residential, multifamily, small business, commercial and industrial markets. Committed to helping all people use our world's precious resources more efficiently, Franklin Energy Group's deep industry experience brings a unique level of expertise that meets clients' and their energy-using customers' needs. expert.franklinenergy.com/franklinenergygroup

Itron

Itron is a global technology company. We build solutions that help utilities measure, manage and analyze energy and water. Our broad product portfolio includes electricity, gas, water and thermal energy measurement and control technology; communications systems; software; and professional services. With thousands of employees supporting nearly 8,000 utilities in more than 100 countries, Itron empowers utilities to responsibly and efficiently manage energy and water resources. Join us in creating a more resourceful world; start here: www.itron.com.

Mass Save

Mass Save is a collaborative of Massachusetts' electric utilities and energy efficiency service providers, including National Grid, Eversource, Cape Light Compact JPE, Unitil. Our initiative is to help Massachusetts’ residents, businesses, and communities save energy. We empower you to make smart energy choices by offering rebates, financing, and services for energy efficiencies and clean energy improvements.

These programs and services are managed and delivered by electric and gas program administrators, providing the energy expertise to help you save energy and money. The funding is supported from a charge on customers’ energy bills.

Through the joint efforts of the Mass Save collaborative, Massachusetts has earned top ranking as the #1 state in the nation for energy efficiency according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

We continue to make strides in energy efficiency and build a clean energy future for everyone in the state! www.masssave.com

Gold Sponsors

AutoGrid

Autogrid builds software applications that enable a smarter Energy Internet. The company's suite of flexibility management applications allows utilities, electricity retailers, renewable energy project developers and energy service providers to deliver cheap, clean and reliable energy by managing networked distributed energy resources (DERs) in real time and at scale. AutoGrid Flex has more than 2,500 megawatts of DERs under contract with more than 30 global energy companies around the world. The world's leading energy companies including National Grid, E.ON, BPA, FPL, SCE, Eneco, PGE, CPS Energy, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, NextEra Energy, and CLEAResult, rely on AutoGrid applications to monitor, predict, optimize and control the operations of millions of connected energy resources. www.auto-grid.com

CPower

CPower creates demand-side energy management strategies for our customers to help Them reduce energy costs, generate revenue, meet sustainability goals, and increase grid reliability. Because demand-side energy management is not a one-size-fits-all endeavor, CPower creates customized strategies consisting of the optimal combination of CPower Solutions, unique to each individual organization.
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ecobee Inc.

ecobee Inc. introduced the world's first smart Wi-Fi thermostat to help millions of consumers live better and save more. With the introduction of ecobee3, the company was praised for its pioneering room sensor technology to deliver comfort in the rooms that matter most. With its latest innovation, the ecobee3 lite, the company has made industry leading smart thermostat technology available at $80 less than leading competition. In 2016, ecobee achieved the No. 1 ranking on Navigant's Smart Thermostat Leaderboard. www.ecobee.com

EnerNOC

EnerNOC, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOC) is the global leader in commercial and industrial (C&I) demand response for utilities and grid operators. Since 2001, we have worked with hundreds of utilities, electricity retailers, and grid operators in both vertically integrated and restructured markets worldwide, delivering over 7,000 MW of committed DR capacity annually across more than 15,000 connected C&I sites. We help our utility partners to design, implement, and manage successful, cost-effective demand response programs. We provide our clients with the technology, tools, and expert-based services they need to realize their demand-side management objectives. www.enernoc.com

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Silver Sponsors

Bidgely

Bidgely (which means "electricity" in Hindi) is working to solve one of the biggest challenges in energy: enabling utilities to meet their demand-side energy goals by fully engaging and satisfying their customers. We're a highly energetic and innovative team that has developed ground-breaking analytics that can itemize home energy usage data to the appliance level without using any plug-level monitors. Now, we are setting out to deliver this technology to millions of households across the world and help save energy on a massive scale. www.bidgely.com

BPL Global

BPL provides electric utilities with a suite of smart grid solutions that support advanced distribution automation from substations through customer premises. Our solutions collaborate across the grid, helping utilities increase efficiency and reliability to improve their financial, operational and environmental performance. BPLG combines our experience in applying smart grid solutions with our market-leading technology to successfully serve leading utilities. www.bplglobal.net

Eaton

Eaton's Energy Automation Solutions division provides a range of power delivery and reliability, automation and control, advanced metering and demand response solutions designed to increase efficiency and smart operations. The business serves customers in the utility, commercial, industrial, mining, renewable energy and other markets. www.eaton.com/smartgrid

EnergyHub

EnergyHub is the connected home solution for utilities. EnergyHub's Mercury DRMS allows utilities to partner with their customers and deliver more powerful demand response using connected devices, while our Bring Your Own Thermostat℠ service makes hundreds of thousands of existing connected homes available to utilities for demand response without a single truck roll. EnergyHub is an independent subsidiary of Alarm.com, the leading technology provider of connected home solutions www.energyhub.com

Energy Solutions

Founded in 1995, Energy Solutions is a professional and engineering services firm whose mission is to create large-scale environmental impacts by providing market-based, cost-effective energy, carbon, and water management solutions to our utility, government and commercial customers. With nearly 100 employee-owners working on clean energy policies, programs, and projects at our offices in Oakland, CA; Orange, CA; Portland, OR; and Cambridge, MA; we are differentiated by our innovation, value, quality, and reliability of impacts. www.energy-solution.com

Honeywell Smart Energy

Honeywell Smart Energy, a global leader in intelligent grid solutions and connected technologies, enables utilities and distribution companies to deploy advanced capabilities that transform operations, reliability and environmental sustainability; while providing solutions that engage customers in more meaningful ways. HoneywellSmartEnergy.com

Landis+Gyr

Landis+Gyr is the leading global provider of integrated energy management products tailored to energy company needs and unique in its ability to deliver true end-to-end advanced metering solutions. Today, the Company offers the broadest portfolio of products and services in the electricity metering industry, and is paving the way for the next generation of smart grid. landisgyr.com.

Nest

Nest reinvents unloved but important home products, like the thermostat. We focus on delighting customers with simple, beautiful and thoughtful hardware, software and services. Nest partners with electric and gas utilities across North America to deliver DSM programs that provide cost-effective energy savings, user-friendly demand response, and outstanding customer satisfaction. nest.com/energy-solutions

Opinion Dynamics

Opinion Dynamics: Emerging Questions. Insightful Answers. Opinion Dynamics is a leading consulting firm specializing in energy efficiency, renewable and demand response evaluation research. Based in Waltham, MA with offices throughout the country, we work to advance knowledge to address your emerging energy issues through sound and insightful research. Our knowledgeable staff can assist you with program integration and customer engagement strategies for your peak load and smart thermostat offerings. www.opiniondynamics.com.

Tendril

Tendril delivers personalized energy experiences for consumers around the world. Leading companies rely on our software and solutions to better acquire, engage and activate their customers. We employ the latest in energy science and data analytics to unveil a complete understanding of the individual consumer and unlock the true value of energy interactions. www.tendrilinc.com

Zen Ecosystems

Zen Ecosystems provides energy management solutions to businesses and consumers. The company recently released Zen HQ, the simplest, most cost-effective commercial energy management solution on the market. Zen partners with leading brands, distributors, multi-service operators and utilities to deploy new energy solutions that improve businesses, homes and our lives. Learn more at zenecosystems.com.

Promotional Partners

E Source

For 30 years, E Source has been providing research, consulting, and market research to more than 300 utilities and their partners. This guidance helps our customers advance their efficiency programs, enhance customer relationships, and use energy more efficiently. www.esource.com

Energy Central

Energy Central has been a leading news and information provider to the global power industry for over 20 years. Today we are now more than news — we are an online social network bringing together the smartest people in the power industry to learn, share and collaborate. Visit www.energycentral.com today to learn more.

Smart Grid Today

Smart Grid Today's mission is to deliver timely, relevant coverage of emerging trends, applications and policies driving the modern utility industry — in a signature format our founders have developed over 40 years in the trade news business, featuring highly concise and easy-to-understand news copy based on trusted reporting, exclusive interviews, informed analysis and strategic insights that our subscribers rely on to succeed every business day. SmartGridToday.com features a complete searchable archive with thousands of searchable articles and hundreds of downloadable PDF files, events calendar, discounts on selected items and more. Do not miss out on a single day of the deepest reporting on the smart grid you can find anywhere. Visit Smart Grid Today www.smartgridtoday.com/public/14day-Free-Trial.cfm to sign up for a 14-day, risk-free trial today.

Utility Dive

Utility Dive covers industry news and provides original analysis on the latest happenings in utility and energy. Their mission is to provide busy executives with a bird's-eye-view of the utility industry in 60 seconds. With a mobile-optimized daily email newsletter, website, and app, Utility Dive keeps you informed on the go. You’ll get coverage of topics such as smart grid, energy efficiency, regulation and policy, grid security, distributed generation, renewable energy, and more. Visit www.utilitydive.com/signup/ to sign up for the free newsletter.