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KiWi Power enters into Demand Response Framework Agreement with Government Procurement Service

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London, 5 February, 2013KiWi Power, the UK’s leading smart grid and energy demand management company, was today announced as a provider of full-service demand response programmes to UK government agencies through Government Procurement Service (GPS). Under the terms of the agreement, KiWi Power will provide demand response services to central government and public sector facilities, including NHS trusts and hospitals, Ministry of Defence, Department for Transport, universities and local councils across the UK for the next four years.

The public sector and central government estate is vast and diverse, using an estimated 10 percent of total UK electricity demand. The varying usage and on-site operations present a unique opportunity to participate in current and future demand-side schemes, assisting the UK electricity network with its demand and sustainability targets, as well as optimising current assets.

GPS is part of the Efficiency and Reform Group in the Cabinet Office. KiWi Power will provide demand response opportunities through GPS for the public sector in the most efficient manner possible. Whether it is a hospital, RAF station or multiple local authority buildings, the framework assists all UK government departments and agencies in achieving their financial and sustainability targets, whilst supporting national and local grid systems with suitable demand and supply support.

Various government organisations that use this framework will have, or seek to have, the ability to curtail/shift consumption of electricity or utilise on-site electricity generation capabilities.

In so doing they will be able to provide a demand side resource to the local or national grid.

“As energy costs climb for everyone, not only will demand response programmes help curtail electricity usage, these programmes do it in a way that does not interfere with the critical infrastructure of our nation's government sites and help maintain budgets for doing the real work of supporting the UK,” said Scott Buckleton, head of business development at GPS.

GPS has entered into framework agreements with companies such as KiWi Power to support and enable government sites to participate in demand response programmes through efficient contract procedures. KiWi Power will in turn expedite the demand response development process for participating facilities, which includes initial analysis and turndown assessment, smart meter installation, programme management, ongoing performance testing and energy optimisation.

"We are delighted to work with GPS and public sector facilities on demand response participation," said Ziko Abram, director and co-founder of KiWi Power. "Not only will participants benefit from a new, recurring revenue stream for committing to reduce energy consumption when called to do so, but they will help alleviate supply constraints throughout the country, enhance transmission system reliability and generate a new source of funding for additional energy and site initiatives."

KiWi Power already works with a number of hospitals and public sector facilities in various demand response programmes across the UK. It will continue to work with electricity users and key business partners to evaluate electricity consumption and provide turndown recommendations and plans that will have little or no impact on site operations.

KiWi Power will manage the full process on behalf of participating sites, including enrollment, reporting and settlement. Sites will receive payment for participation, and will not incur any out-of-pocket expenses.

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About KiWi Power

KiWi Power was co-founded by Yoav Zingher and Ziko Abram in 2009. KiWi Power is a smart grid company that specialises in managing the demand side of energy consumption for large industrial and commercial consumers of electricity and for government regulators. The technical term is ‘demand response’. KiWi Power operates in the UK in England, Wales and Scotland supplying demand-side management services to the National Grid. The National Grid pays for these demand reductions, thereby allowing participating companies to generate new recurring revenue streams and reduce their carbon footprint.

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Participants will will help alleviate supply constraints throughout the country, enhance transmission system reliability and generate a new source of funding for additional energy and site initiatives
Ziko Abram, director and co-founder, KiWi Power