The McDonnell Group

Utility industry innovators deliver closing keynote at 2009 PI System User Conference

SAN FRANCISCO – April 1, 2009 – Brian Parsonnet, Chief Technical Officer of Ice Energy, and Chris Hickman, Senior Vice President, will lay out a vision for the future of integrated energy system efficiency during the closing keynote at the  2009 OSIsoft Users Conference today in San Francisco.

Hickman and Parsonnet will present a unique perspective on the opportunity to transform integrated energy system efficiency and reliability through energy storage and smart grid solutions. They will also detail how Ice Energy leverages the power of OSIsoft’s PI System in an information infrastructure that drives utility industry smart grid programs.     

Ice Energy’s innovative solutions for utilities integrate the company’s effectively lossless distributed energy storage technology with an advanced software infrastructure and intelligent two-way control to permanently reshape the load curve.

“Ice Energy has partnered with OSIsoft to utilize the PI System as a key part of our smart grid information infrastructure,” Parsonnet said.  “PI’s robust security, real-time status, sub-metering, and data monitoring capabilities enable us to monitor, manage and dispatch units in the field in real time.”

Ice Energy’s solutions enable utilities to unlock the full potential of distributed load management by addressing peak system cooling loads -- often, the single biggest challenge in their demand portfolio. When utilities use cleaner, less expensive off-peak power to produce and store energy at night for use during peak demand periods, they permanently lower peak demand, reduce carbon emissions, and lower service costs. 

As a critical renewable portfolio resource to complement intermittent, off-peak renewable portfolio assets such as wind and solar, Ice Energy empowers utilities to shift significant load to off-peak hours when the energy delivery system is both underutilized and more thermally efficient.

“We are excited to continue building our partnership with OSIsoft,” Hickman added. “Their industry-leading capabilities are an integral part of our ability to deliver to utilities a scalable, reliable and cost-effective answer for leveling system load, and transitioning to a cleaner, smarter, more sustainable power grid.”

About Ice Energy

Ice Energy is transforming energy system efficiency and reliability by helping utilities intelligently manage their load profile.  The company offers cost-effective smart grid system solutions that integrate proven distributed energy storage, closed loop two-way control, and permanent peak load shifting as a renewable portfolio resource.

With Ice Energy's innovative solution, utilities improve reliability and customer service by reshaping load curves, improving asset utilization, and integrating intermittent renewable resources. Ice Energy provides utilities with a reliable solution for leveling the load profile, controlling costs, and transitioning to a cleaner, smarter, and more sustainable energy system. For more information, visit www.ice-energy.com.

About OSIsoft

OSIsoft (www.osisoft.com) delivers the PI System—the industry standard in enterprise infrastructure for time-series data and event management. A global base of more than 14,000 installations across multiple industries relies upon OSIsoft’s PI System to safeguard valuable information and deliver enterprise-wide visibility for key performance indicators to manage assets, mitigate risks, improve processes, drive innovations, identify competitive business and market opportunities, and make business decisions in real time.