ORLANDO, FL., May 22, 2007 - CIS Conference- Mincom, a leading global software solutions provider to asset intensive industries, announced today that PowerCentsDC™ has selected its AMI-enabled customer information system (CIS) software solution for an advanced ‘smart’ meter project managed by Smart Meter Pilot Program (SMPPI), a non-profit corporation in Washington D.C.

The project, known as PowerCentsDC™, is the first of its kind in the electric utility industry to test the response of residential customers to three different pricing options of hourly pricing, critical peak pricing, and critical peak rebates under one program and promises to greatly benefit consumers in the District of Columbia. Under the trial program, residential consumers are able to take advantage of demand response pricing to better control their electricity charges by choosing to use less power during peak periods.

PowerCentsDC provides residential electric customers with smart meters, smart thermostats and demand-response pricing options. In turn Mincom's CIS software will deliver energy consumption, real-time pricing and timely billing information to PowerCentsDC's customers via these 'smart' devices and related web services and monthly bills.

Rick Morgan, Chairman of SMPPI, said, "Mincom's solution plays a key role in the project by enabling us to calculate monthly bills for our PowerCentsDC customers successfully and reliably using three different dynamic pricing options."

The solution will also manage the participant recruitment and enrollment process for the demand response program.

Rick Morgan added, "Choosing this solution has also allowed us to avoid major CIS customization expenses. Keeping costs low is critical to the success of PowerCentsDC project."

Stan Royal, Mincom Vice President of the Utility Business Unit, said, "The PowerCentsDC engagement is proof of Mincom's technical superiority. PowerCentsDC's sponsor, SMPPI, turned to Mincom because it needed a solution that integrated with PowerCentsDC's AMI network, and which would have a capability to alert its customers of the current price of energy and processed metered usage, as well as producing monthly Energy Usage Reports. It is satisfying to be providing a solution which meets these needs, requires very little modification and can be offered at a highly competitive cost."

About Mincom
Mincom Limited is an international company based in Brisbane, Australia, with more than 25 years experience in providing business solutions to asset intensive industries such as mining, utilities, transport, defense and government in more than 40 countries. The company has more than 1,300 staff in 18 offices across Australia, North America, South America, South East Asia, Africa, and Europe. Mincom Inc. operates in North America and is a subsidiary of Mincom Limited. For more information about Mincom, visit www.mincom.com.

About SMPPI
Smart Meter Pilot Program, Inc. (“SMPPI”), a non-profit corporation, was created through a Merger Settlement Agreement and approved by the District of Columbia Public Service Commission. Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, Pepco agreed to fund a smart meter project program for small customers. SMPPI was formed to implement the agreement and administer the PowerCentsDC project. The SMPPI Board is comprised of representatives from the District of Columbia Office of the People’s Counsel (“OPC”), the District of Columbia Public Service Commission ("PSC"), the District of Columbia Consumer Utility Board ("CUB"), the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1900 ("IBEW"), and the Potomac Electric Power Company ("Pepco").

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