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BPA Endorses EZConserve’s Energy-Saving Software

The Surveyor Network Energy Manager, developed by EZConserve of Portland, Oregon, is a software tool that allows organizations to
monitor, manage, and reduce the energy being consumed by their PC networks. By synchronizing power management settings across all
PCs and ensuring that some minimal level of conservation is in place, Surveyor reduces per-PC energy consumption with almost no impact
on PC users or network infrastructures.

The Regional Technical Forum grants the Surveyor software a "deemed savings" designation, opening the
door to Bonneville Power Administration incentives

PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 6, 2002– Compact florescent light bulbs, water heater blankets, and variable-speed
motors may be dramatically different technologies, but they all have one thing in common: They’ve each been the benefactors of a program
that directs a portion of the revenue from Bonneville Power Administration’s wholesaling of electricity services into cost-effective energy
conservation programs targeted toward Pacific Northwest power users.

In an unprecedented first, a software product has now received a "deemed savings" designation from BPA’s "conservation and renewable
resources rate discount," or C&RD program, setting the stage for a process that could send credits or incentives back to power users who
have deployed an energy-saving software tool on their PCs.

The Surveyor Network Energy Manager, developed by EZConserve of Portland, Oregon, is a software tool that allows organizations to
monitor, manage, and reduce the energy being consumed by their PC networks. By synchronizing power management settings across all
PCs and ensuring that some minimal level of conservation is in place, Surveyor reduces per-PC energy consumption with almost no impact
on PC users or network infrastructures.

Surveyor’s path to becoming a "recognized" energy efficiency measure included review by the Regional Technical Forum, the advisory
committee who evaluates conservation measures for inclusion in the C&RD incentive program, and then approval by BPA itself, the federal
agency producing half the northwest’s energy. The C&RD program provides a process through which regional electric utilities buying a
portion of their power from BPA can receive a credit for energy conservation projects embarked upon by their customers. If the project is
on the C&RD approved list, the utility can in turn pass along all or part of these incentives to customers who implement the project.

"Deemed savings" is a BPA-approved amount of electrical energy savings that can be expected from the implementation of a conservation
measure. For Surveyor, the RTF estimated that each PC-monitor combination using the software would reduce its energy consumption by
an average of 200 kilowatt-hours per year. Using these calculations, an organization with 5000 networked PCs would cut 1 million
kilowatt-hours of energy usage each year by deploying Surveyor. At the region’s average energy rate this reduction would result in over $700,000 in cost savings
each year, or nearly $3 million in energy savings over Surveyor’s expected four-year product life.

C&RD projects have in the past ranged from solar panels to the installation of energy efficient heat pumps and motors, but have never before included a software
product aimed at reducing a PC network’s energy consumption. Ken Anderson, a venture developer for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, proposed
Surveyor for inclusion on the C&RD list at the Regional Technical Forum’s July 8 meeting. According to Anderson, the fact that the RTF had never before
granted deemed savings for use of a software product didn’t keep anyone from recognizing the conservation value offered by Surveyor. "The debate didn’t center
much on whether software products deserved to be included in the C&RD list. Regardless of the form a technology may take, if conservation benefits can be
calculated they should be pursued. In Surveyor’s case, the math made sense and the savings potential was supported by outside research and study."

EZConserve CEO and President James Tatham sees BPA’s recognition of Surveyor as additional momentum for a company that is already exceeding
expectations. "This endorsement is really the icing on a cake we’ve been building for the last year, moving steadily from an energy-saving `concept’ to a
customer-proven, industry-validated tool."

Surveyor is currently in pilot programs with Oregon State University, Portland Public Schools, Metro (the regional government that serves residents in three
counties and 24 cities in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area), the City of San Jose, and other customers. The RTF will review the kilowatt-hour savings that
result from these programs by the end of March next year, and if necessary adjust the deemed savings number. Utility companies can read about the Surveyor
measure or apply for credits online, through the "Conservation & Renewables Discount Program Tracking and Reporting System" accessible at
http://www.rtf.nwppc.org.

About EZConserve

EZConserve develops conservation technology products that manage and reduce resource consumption in companies and organizations of all sizes. EZConserve
products are derived from best practices research, innovative technology, and extensive experience in integrating new solutions into business environments.
EZConserve has been funded in part by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, a non-profit group of electric utilities, state governments, public interest groups
and industry representatives in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington that works to make affordable energy-efficient products and services available in the
marketplace. Visit EZConserve’s web site at http://www.ezconserve.com, or the Alliance’s web site at http://www.nwalliance.org, for more information.

Contact:

EZConserve
Michael Thelander, 503/452-5623
[email protected]

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