| Founded as a merger of utility technology groups from Scientific Atlanta, Lucent/Bell Labs, and PowerCom, Comverge has long been a leading pioneer in Demand Response and Clean Energy. Comverge greatly expanded its real-time and web-based product offerings with its acquisition of technology company Sixth Dimension in 2003. Holding over 15 patents and over 25 years of industry experience, Comverge is focused on designing and developing best-in-class solutions for our clients.
Comverge products and solutions cover a wide range of Demand Response and advanced metering applications. The Virtual Peaking Capacity™ pay-for-performance business model for Demand Response offers utilities all elements of a "smart megawatts" program, from participant recruitment to measurement and verification. This innovative business model has earned Comverge widespread recognition and is gaining greater and greater acceptance across the country by utilities, regulators, and consumers alike.
Comverge has over 500 U.S. utility clients and over 4.5 million devices deployed throughout North America, making its products some of the most popular Demand Response devices available today. Comverge's client base includes utilities from all areas of the country, from small towns to big cities, with programs dating back to the early 1980's. Comverge is committed to growing these programs into the future, developing cutting edge technologies and cost-effective solutions to increase grid reliability and reduce costs to the utility and, ultimately, consumers as well.
Whether for a two megawatt system or a four hundred megawatt system, the successful and cost-effective launch and operation of any Demand Response program depends on experienced professionals’ implementation of best practices throughout the process. As Comverge provides the technology and support for new programs across the country, we have realized the efficiencies and levels of expertise that can be gained by utilizing a “matrixed” project team simultaneously operating multiple Load Management programs at once. This launched the beginning of our Virtual Peaking Capacity offering in 2003, which utilizes professionals from RF communications engineers to marketing specialists to statisticians to installer trainers to quality control inspectors.
Comverge presently has 495 megawatts of contracted capacity and a growing number of consumers participating in Comverge programs across the country at utilities such as San Diego Gas & Electric, the Public Service Company of New Mexico, PacifiCorp, and grid operator ISO New England.
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