Marietta Power Works to Improve System Reliability with Telemetric's Wireless Power Quality and Outage Notification System

Boise, ID – October 12, 2006 – Telemetric Corporation, a leader in end-to-end wireless communication solutions for the electric utility industry, announced today that Marietta Power (Marietta, Georgia) has deployed a wireless power quality monitoring and outage reporting system based on Telemetric’s TVM3 voltage monitors and supporting software applications. Marietta Power installed Telemetric TVM3 voltage monitors at key points on their distribution feeders. The Telemetric TVM3’s provide near real-time power quality and power reliability information to Marietta Power operations personnel via cellular communication to a secure, web-based application. This system gives Marietta Power better information on power quality and system status at the feeder level – improving responsiveness and system reliability.

To enhance overall system reliability, Marietta Power wanted a system that could report steady state voltages and over/under voltage events from key points on their electric distribution system. In addition, distribution operations wanted automated outage reporting from these key points to supplement information from their existing SCADA and Outage Management System. Marietta Power deployed over sixty Telemetric Voltage Monitors (TVM3) to monitor three phase voltage on their 12.47kV distribution system.

The Telemetric TVM3 monitors three phase line voltages and provides real-time notifications of steady state voltage, momentary/permanent outages and under or over voltage conditions. The TVM3 has programmable intelligence for power quality set points, including OV/UV set points, trigger times and reporting frequencies. Each TVM3 includes an integrated two-way cellular radio that communicates over the control channels of the cellular data networks, with coverage available to over 98% of the population in North America. The TVM3 units were easy to deploy, with no additional radio equipment, license or local cellular accounts required. TVM3’s include a back-up battery that allows the units to report outages following a loss of power.

The key benefits confirmed by Marietta Power were:

• Automated Power Outage Detection & Reporting
• Power Quality Monitoring and Reporting (Momentary and Over/Undervoltage Events)
• All Data Viewable and Downloadable via Telemetric’s powerful web-based applicaitons
• Power outage or OV/UV event notifications can be sent via e-mail, test messages and pagers to dispatch and operations personnel
• TVM3 is simple to setup and install
• All TVM3 configurations are remotely programmable

Monitoring and programming functions are performed using Telemetric’s powerful web-based application tools. Marietta Power engineers and operations personnel can manage the TVM3 devices and view voltage information using these secure web-based tools. Custom alarms and notifications can be created to notify operations personnel of outage or power quality events immediately as they happen – via web, e-mail, phone or pager. Custom views and data import/export functions allow users to create specific reports or export the data to other applications. In addition to the web-based applications, information can be sent to a SCADA system via DNP 3.0 protocol using Telemetric’s SCADA-Xchange™.

About Telemetric

Telemetric is an industry leader in wireless communications and control solutions for the electric utility industry. Telemetric solutions are installed at more than 200 utilities nationwide, allowing them to cost- effectively monitor and control equipment on their electric distribution systems. Telemetric solutions allow utilities to make the most of their electric distribution assets – communicate more efficiently, control field assets, respond to power interruptions and equipment problems, and automate reporting functions, resulting in lower operating costs and more reliable power. For more information, please visit www.telemetric.net, or e-mail to info@telemetric.net.

About Marietta Power

As the largest municipal electric utility in Georgia, Marietta Power is a community-owned utility serving over 45,000 electric customers. It was created by the City of Marietta in 1906 to provide low cost electric power to the citizens of Marietta and Cobb County. Marietta Power’s mission is to provide high- quality, reliable and competitive electric services to its growing customer base. Marietta Power is a member of the American Public Power Association (APPA)..