GridPoint Unveils GridPoint Central, First Online Energy Management Portal

Provides Home and Business Owners Energy Usage Details Via Personal Web Page

LAS VEGAS - April 10, 2006 - GridPoint, Inc., a provider of intelligent energy management (IEM) appliances, today announced at the POWER-GEN Renewable Energy conference the availability of GridPoint Central(sm), the first online energy management portal to offer residential and light commercial customers unparalleled insight into their energy usage and automatic management of energy efficiency.

Through one "central" view on a personal Web page, GridPoint Central customers access current energy usage statistics, historical usage patterns, and the amount of carbon dioxide emissions avoided by utilizing a renewable energy source. GridPoint Central ties a customer's energy consumption and production patterns into their utility's rate schedule. They can then choose when to run high energy-consuming appliances or adjust thermostats to offset peak energy costs, and GridPoint's clean, efficient and reliable products will automatically execute the task at the preferred time.

"Specific and actionable information is the key to empowering consumers to improve the way they use, produce, store and conserve energy. GridPoint Central provides, for the first time, the visibility that allows customers to make informed decisions to increase their energy efficiency and reliability, as well as reduce their carbon footprint to minimize their impact on the environment," said Peter L. Corsell, President and CEO of GridPoint.

GridPoint Central's comprehensive monitoring is integrated with the company's intelligent energy management (IEM) products, GridPoint Connect and GridPoint Protect, which provide clean backup power, improve power reliability and efficiency, and integrate renewable energy. GridPoint Central's interactive energy estimator determines the number of hours of battery support available on any given day as well as the best use of backup power by appliance. This level of monitoring offers security for the home or business in the event of an unforeseen outage.

Owners of either GridPoint IEM appliance will enjoy a free one-year subscription to GridPoint Central. To view a demonstration, please see http://www.gridpoint.com/consumer/central/demo/

About GridPoint

GridPoint builds intelligent energy management (IEM) products to provide protection from power outages, reduce energy costs and manage energy efficiency for the home and business. GridPoint IEM appliances provide traditional and renewable energy users with instant, automatic backup power based on clean, high-capacity, battery-based technology. GridPoint products also offer the renewable energy user a superior way to integrate alternative energy sources. GridPoint's single cabinet, "plug-and-play" appliances are easy to install and sold through a network of premium home builders, utilities, retail chains and government entities as well as installers and contractors of electrical, heating, air-conditioning, home automation and renewable energy systems.

On the Net: www.gridpoint.com

Contact Information

Suzanne Lauer
703.862.3137 or slauer@gridpoint.com

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