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Demand Response

Demand Response refers to a change in the amount of electricity consumed during a period of interest. This change can be caused by a price change or other factors, including control signals initiated by electric utilities.

Cooper Power Systems’ proven and effective technology-based Demand Response solutions shift peak demand, ease electrical system constraints, reduce the need to buy or build expensive generation, transmission, and distribution capacity, and save the utility and the customer money.

Cooper Power Systems provides Demand Response solutions for all customer segments.

• Mass Market Customers
• Utility-directed load management
• Customer-controlled load management
• Large Commercial Customers
• Industrial Customers

Cooper Power Systems’ Demand Response solutions have been chosen by utilities over twice as often those of our competitors in all competitively bid mass-market demand response programs in the last five years.

Hosted and Licensed Arrangements

The following illustrations reflect two options relating to the Demand Response Solution.

Figure 1 describes the arrangement in which the Yukon system is managed by Cooper/Cannon and located at various Tier 1 facilities.

Figure 2 describes the arrangement in which the Yukon System would be hosted by the utility.

Cooper Power Systems’ Demand Response Difference

Cooper Power Systems’ Demand Response Solution is differentiated from our competition due to the following:

Customer-focused solutions provider—Cooper Power Systems’ is the industry leader in customer support and product innovation. We have the largest development and support staff in the industry.

A variety of hardware solutions—Cooper Power Systems’ offers Internet-enabled programmable communicating thermostats (PCTs), direct load control switches, and meters. We offer solutions for residential, small commercial and large commercial and industrial customers.

Flexible communications—Cooper Power Systems’ offers a range of communication options.

• 900 MHz FLEX Paging
• 154 MHz VHF Paging
• Power Line Carrier (PLC)

We will work closely with the utility to provide the best option to meet its specific needs.

Integrated technology solution—Cooper Power Systems’ provides a suite of solutions that performs the following functions:

• Supports multiple metering solutions with our scalable software management and reporting application, known as Yukon
• Supports the utility business processes including billing and customer service
• Seamlessly integrates with Automated Meter Infrastructure (AMI)

Cooper Power Systems’ Benefits

Customer Satisfaction

Cooper Power Systems’ Demand Response solutions increase customer satisfaction through:

• Reduced outages
• More consistent service
• Less variance in frequency and voltage
• Customers participation in progressive and positive programs that are
• Environmentally friendly
• Good for society and posterity
• Demand Response manages our scarce resources
• Demand Response helps avoid construction of unnecessary power plants and transmission lines
• Demand Response helps to lower the long-term cost of power
• Capacity investment savings

Utility Advantages

Cooper Power System’s Demand Response solutions provide benefit to the utility because they:

• Do not materially affect kWh sales
• Shift load to cheaper times
• Create competitive advantages due to the fact that customers prefer providers who offer Demand Response
• Avoid spot market purchases
• Allow spot market sales
• Are the cheapest form of incremental capacity