Trilliant Raises $106 Million of Capital

Investor Growth Capital, VantagePoint, ABB, and GE invest in Trilliant

Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced that it has closed financing totaling $106 million from a global syndicate of industry and financial leaders.

The financing round was led by two highly-respected financial investors, Investor Growth Capital (the wholly-owned venture arm of Investor AB of Sweden) and VantagePoint Venture Partners and two leading global grid-related equipment companies, ABB and GE. The financing, which was coordinated by Deutsche Bank, also includes a significant credit facility from a major venture credit provider as well as continuing financial support from existing investors MissionPoint Capital Partners and zouk ventures. The new investment will be used to finance Trilliant’s continued growth in North America and globally.

Central Maine Power Proceeds with Trilliant for Smart Grid Communications Network

Maine Utility Leverages $96M DOE Stimulus Grant and Trilliant's Multi-Tier Architecture to Deploy 620,000 Smart Meters to All Residential and Business Customers

Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations and renewable resource integration, today announced that it has completed agreements with Central Maine Power (CMP) to provide a complete Smart Grid communications network and advanced meter infrastructure solution. The company will install smart meters for all of its 620,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customer accounts beginning later this summer.

The Smart Grid deployment will use Trilliant’s SecureMesh™ communications network to provide a comprehensive high-bandwidth private Wide Area Network (WAN) and Neighborhood Area Network (NAN) that interconnects meters and other Smart Grid-enabled devices to enable consumer energy management. Trilliant’s UnitySuite™ head-end software will be used to manage the Smart Grid network. Other services include prime supply of electric meters, network design and installation services, software integration, and project management.

Trilliant Announces Smart Grid Industry’s First Integration of NAN and WAN Tiers

SecureMesh Bridges Integrate Distribution and Metering Mesh Networks with Security and QoS to Enable End-to-End Smart Grid Communications

Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced the SecureMesh™ Bridge products, which integrate a Wide Area Network (WAN) for distribution and a Neighborhood Area Network (NAN) for metering. This is the Smart Grid industry’s first fully-integrated private WAN/NAN solution and is a result of Trilliant’s strategic acquisition of broadband wireless equipment provider SkyPilot Networks in Q2 2009.

Trilliant Named to List of Greentech Media Top 50 Startups

GTM 50 Recognizes Trilliant as a Leading Smart Grid Company

Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, announced today it has been named to the GTM 50, the Top 50 Greentech Startups, by Greentech Media.

Greentech Media initially evaluated more than 500 companies.  Greentech Media’s energy analysts, reporters and editors then narrowed the list to 50 and identified the companies that they believe will make the most impact in the energy and greentech space.  Trilliant was one of 11 companies highlighted in the Smart Grid and EV Infrastructure category.

Trilliant Receives 2009 SmartGrid.TMCnet.com Product of the Year Award

SecureMesh WAN Honored for Outstanding Innovation

Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, announced today that its SecureMesh™ WAN communications infrastructure has received a 2009 SmartGrid.TMCnet.com Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) and Intelligent Communications Partners.

Telvent and Trilliant Demonstrate Interoperability of Key Smart Grid Elements

Integration with broadband network simplifies deployment of critical distribution grid automation technology

Telvent (NASDAQ: TLVT), the IT company for a sustainable and secure world, and Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced successful interoperability between Telvent’s suite of real-time monitoring and control solutions and Trilliant’s SecureMesh™ communications infrastructure.  This validated integration will increase reliability and lower the cost of operating electric distribution networks.

Key to the success of widely deployed distribution automation and control devices is a high-bandwidth, low-latency network that can handle a variety of end points with real-time performance and security.  Now, utilities can perform in a secure way and condition-based monitoring of those assets.

Burbank Water and Power Selects Trilliant to Begin Implementation of Smart Grid Advanced Metering Infrastructure

Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations and renewable resource integration, today announced that it has been selected by Burbank Water and Power to begin implementing the Advanced Metering Infrastructure for its planned Smart Grid for the energy consumers of Burbank, CA.  Burbank Water and Power (BWP) is a community-owned utility that has served the business and residents of Burbank with water and power since 1913.

Trilliant Wins Contract with Centrica’s British Gas for Smart Communications Software System

Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations and renewable resource integration, today announced that it is to provide communications head-end software to British Gas as part of the first phase of the utility’s smart metering activities.

British Gas, part of Centrica plc and the United Kingdom’s leading energy and home services provider, will use UnitySuite™, Trilliant’s enterprise communications management software, for smart electricity and gas meters, home energy displays, thermostats, and other energy management devices.

ABB and Trilliant announce interoperable advanced Smart Grid solutions

Broadband, low-latency networking combines with advanced automation products for Smart Grid applications

ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, and Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced successful interoperability of Trilliant’s SecureMesh™ communications network with ABB’s Station Automation and Protection products, enabling utilities to choose best-of-breed technologies for their Smart Grid rollouts. This announcement was made today as part of activities at GridWeek 2009, held in Washington, DC.

“The Smart Grid is moving into a phase where distribution automation is becoming critical, and this capability is largely dependent on the reliability of high-bandwidth, low-latency solutions,” said Gary Rackliffe, ABB Vice President, Smart Grids. “For this reason, we are particularly excited to be working with Trilliant to integrate our solutions and help deliver them to a growing market.”