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ISO New England Awards 2006 Demand Response Achievement Award to Comverge, Inc.

East Hanover, NJ - January 25, 2007: Comverge, Inc. announced today that it has been named the recipient of a 2006 ISO New England Demand Response Achievement Award. The award is given annually to companies and customers in recognition of their contributions in helping maintain the reliability of New England’s bulk power grid through the use of demand response. ISO New England is recognizing Comverge’s CoolSentry™ program due to its unique place in the region of providing residential and small commercial customers an ability to participate economically in a program that helps maintain grid reliability.

“ISO New England is pleased to recognize Comverge’s CoolSentry program with this award,” commented Robert Laurita, Supervisor of Demand Response at ISO New England. “CoolSentry allows a previously untapped pool of resources – namely residential and small business electricity users – to band together and participate in the ISO’s Demand-Response Programs, reducing electricity use when it’s most needed to help maintain power system reliability.”

Comverge’s CoolSentry™ Demand Response program in Southwestern Connecticut provided over 60 megawatts of capacity to the transmission constrained area this summer, during the August 2, 2006 system peak. Over 25,000 residents and small business owners have enrolled in the program. Capacity is provided by cycling usage of central air conditioners when requested by the ISO. The emergency-only program has been operated twice in the past three years – both during record system peaks in the area.

“We are very pleased to accept this award,” commented Robert Chiste, Comverge Chairman, President, & CEO. “We’ve been very fortunate to have such strong support from ISO New England, the State of Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control and the two Connecticut utilities, United Illuminating and Connecticut Light & Power. We look forward to working with these groups to further expand our capacity to avoid blackouts and ease the surging power prices in the area through additional demand response programs and measures in the future.”

About Comverge
Comverge is a leading provider of clean energy solutions that enhance grid reliability and enable utilities to increase available electric capacity during periods of peak energy demand on a more cost-effective basis than conventional alternatives. For more information, visit www.comverge.com.

Contact
At Comverge, Bud Vos, Vice President of Marketing, Products, & Strategy, 973.884.5970, bvos@comverge.com.

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