Press release

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, January 18, 2008 Lindsey Partners With Elster in Advanced Grid Infrastructure Initiative

Elster Electricity, part of Elster Group, a world leader in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and integrated metering and utilization solutions to the gas, electricity and water industries, today announces that Lindsey Manufacturing Company has joined the Elster-led Advanced Grid Infrastructure (AGI) Initiative.
The AGI Initiative is a collaborative effort between utilities, Elster and key technology partners to realize innovative AMI-based solutions for the grid of the future. AGI will provide the utility industry with a powerful set of hardware, software and communications solutions needed in the critical area of network automation. This initiative will allow Elster, in collaboration with its partners, to offer standards-based solutions that enable utilities to improve the operation of the electrical network by leveraging their advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) investment. Elster, a member of EPRI’s IntelliGrid program, is committed to the vision of a smarter power grid.

Lindsey has a long history of providing sensor products to electric utilities for the 15, 25, 35, and 46kV medium voltage network. Lindsey will work with Elster Electricity on piloting products integrated with AMI to realize the vision of an efficient smart power grid.

David G. Hart, Elster Electricity senior vice president of products and quality said, “We are excited to have Lindsey join AGI. Our experience with the proven EnergyAxis system and Lindsey’s voltage and current sensors will allow deployment of medium voltage sensors on the utility grid providing information to drive new applications in the grid of the future.”

“Lindsey is committed to providing technically innovative, cost-saving solutions to the electric utility industry. Our voltage and current sensors allow the utility to monitor overhead and underground systems,” said Phil Spillane, Lindsey’s marketing vice president. “This project provides new opportunities for utilities to economically gather information from the medium voltage grid.”

Elster’s proven EnergyAxis System delivers advanced AMI solutions for the electricity, gas and water industries. Elster has the largest two-way mesh radio frequency AMI deployment in the world that is delivering complex billing information, performing disconnects and reconnects on a daily basis. Elster has already shipped more than 1.3 million two-way EnergyAxis smart meters.