National Assn. of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Tackle Smart Grid Issues and more

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Sacramento, CA - Several hundred public utility commissioners from around the country and suppliers they work with packed into the National Assn. of Regulatory and Utilities conference this month. Nearly nine out of 10 people interview agreed that utility companies need to do much more to educate consumers about smart grid technology and empower customers.

Harold D. Williams, Public Service Commissioner, Maryland, where they have turn down the idea so far, can not wait to see smart grid technology in his home state.

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And the East Coast seems to have more of a challenge than the West Coast,
where California has taken the leader on implementing smart Grid technology.
Chairman David L. Armstrong of the Kentucky Public Service Commission
says there are lots of challenges and opportunities with smart grid technology.

Commissioner Stan Wise, Atlanta, Georgia couldn’t agree more with that notion.



“Research shows that 60 percent of the electricity generated in
this country is lost to inefficiencies, and the fact that smart grid
technology is green and substantially enhances grid efficiency
through improved outage detection and response helps utility
customers feel good about saving energy,” said Sarav Periasamy,
president and CEO, PERI Software. Periasamy who was a featured
speaker on “Cost Effective Solutions for Smart Grid,” at the
NARUC conference put it this way, "Smart Grid technology
transforms the way utilities can deliver power to customers,
but we need to educate and explain in layman’s terms just
how it works,” he said.



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Latino Business Chamber of Commerce of Great LA gets A Corporate Gift from PERI Software

New Offices and the Business High Tech Center Dedicated at Open House

Los Angeles, CA – The Latino Business Chamber of Greater Los Angeles
(LBC-GLA) held a recent open house and ribbon cutting ceremony in downtown Los Angeles to officially dedicate its new office complex and Business Technology Training Center. The new offices are now located at 634 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, 90014. 

The five dozen work stations were donated by PERI Software Solutions, Inc., which also opened a Los Angeles office in the Wells Fargo Tower in the business district downtown earlier this year.  “Technology is critical in today’s working environment, and having the right tools to get the job done is equally important,” said President & CEO Sarav Periasamy, PERI Software. “We believe that technology helps any business organization on the move. As a business solutions company we know the value of having a business training center.””

The event spotlighted and hosted a rising political star, Chamber President and San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, who received a compliment from the big Lone Star state of Texas. Texas political insider and member of the George W. Bush Administration, Mark McKinnon said, “Julian Castro has a very good chance of becoming the first Hispanic president of the United States,” in a recent quote in a New York Times article.

“We are proud to help open this Business Technology Training Center, a first of its kind for services to chamber members,” Castro said. Other sponsors, who were present at the ribbon cutting ceremony included: Verizon Regional President, Tim Mc Callion and AT&T Vice President Karime Sanchez Bradvica.  PERI Software was represented by Peter Wiersma, vice president of Business Development.

Julian Castro’s political career took off a few years after completing law school and in 2009 he was elected as the Mayor of the seventh largest city in the country, at the age of 34.

Castro, who worked with the senior White House staff on employment, energy, and other regional and national issues, noted the particular importance of technology in the emerging Latino business community.

About the Latino Business Chamber of Greater Los Angeles (LBC-GLA) The LBC-GLA, is a 501(c)3 and (c)6 non-profit, non-partisan organization established in 2008 in Los Angeles, CA in response to the lack of technical, educational and advocacy resources available to the Latino business community.  The LBC-GLA is organized to focus on economic development in the Latino community in the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area and is open to all businesses.  Its mission is to produce the necessary economic structures and policy initiatives for empowering Latino businesses, developing economic growth and fostering opportunities in the Latino business community.  For more information about LBC-GLA visit www.LatinoBusinessChamber.com or by phone at (213) 347-0008.

About PERI :

Founded in 1999, PERI is a global business solutions company, which has grown to more than 700 plus employees and delivers high value-cost effective technology based business solutions. PERI draws on deep industry expertise and a portfolio of interrelated consulting, business processes, application development along with smart-intelligent hardware and software products. PERI blends strategic design, proven technology, and timely delivery of solutions that maximize customers return on IT investment. Be sure to visit PERI’s blog for company updates and developments http://perisoftware.wordpress.com.

For Media Interviews or images of PERI Software please contact George Mc Quade, Publicity@MayoCommunications.com.

PERI Software to discuss smart grid technology at NARU conference

PERI Software CEO Sarav Periasamy to speak to National Assn. of Utility Commissioners Conference on Smart Grids



“Smart grid and smart metering introduce access control, network and application security concerns at and beyond the meter,” explained Sarav Periasamy, PERI Software, who is scheduled to speak at the conference


Sacramento, CA – Utilities need to “go beyond simple ’smart meter’ initiatives to the process of using less energy” according to a study released by the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). PERI Software Solutions Inc., a global business solutions company agrees. PERI is participating in the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Conference in Sacramento July 18 – 21, 2010, at the Sacramento Convention Center.

“Research shows that 60 percent of the electricity generated in this country is lost to inefficiencies, and the fact that smart grid technology is green and substantially enhances grid efficiency through improved outage detection and response helps utility customers feel good about saving energy,” said Sarav Periasamy, president and CEO, PERI Software. Periasamy is scheduled to speak at 11:15 AM, Sunday, July 18th, on “Cost Effective Solutions for Smart Grid.”

"Smart Grid technology transforms the way utilities can deliver power to customers, but we need to educate and explain in layman’s terms just how it works,” he said.

PERI Software is the only certified minority business enterprise in the U.S. with an end-to-end smart grid solution. The company, based in Newark, NJ, can provide both its own smart grid advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and smart meter technology and software platform or PERI can act as systems integrators on any smart grid platform, regardless of technology. For the full story and more about PERI visit: http://bit.ly/drKebe


Fueled by the passion and experience of our dedicated consultants, PERI helps solve our clients' most pressing challenges day in and day out. From strategy to execution, our disciplined yet flexible approach starts and ends with our clients. By listening hard and working harder, their goals become our goals. Their success is our satisfaction. That's why our clients sleep well at night.

PERI Software on CNN Headline News Local Charter Edition on Smart Grid Technology in SoCal

There is a lot riding on successful smart-grid technology,which is why PERI Software Solutions Inc. doing its part to educate the public and media on its deployment. PERI Software Solutions Inc., a global business solutions company will be featured in a CNN Headline News local edition interview July 5th and July 11th, in Los Angeles and Southern California (check local TV Guide listings.)

Last October, the Dept. of Energy allocated $11 billion for smart-grid creation, and utilities are investing millions of their own funds to electric grid improvements in their service areas. While smart-grid development is being tested nationwide, PERI has been offering Smart Grid technology after testing and measuring successful cost saving results over the last two years.

“We are the Asian business-owned smart grid technology leader in this space providing end-to-end smart grid business solutions,”President and CEO Sarav Periasamy, PERI Software told TV Host Tracy Young, CNN Headline News local edition. The interview airs on Charter Communications, Inc. SoCal cable stations, servicing millions of viewers from Ventura County, Los Angeles County, San Bernadino County, Riverside County and Big Bear to Victorville, CA.

 

“Smart Grid technology is mainly used by utilities, and thanks the Obama Administration it will be more affordable to customers and consumers,”he said. “Research shows that 60 percent of the electricity generated in this country is lost to inefficiencies, and the fact that smart grid technology is green and does not cost more, customers will feel good about saving energy and the planet.”

PERI has been offering Smart Grid technology after testing and measuring successful cost saving results over the last two years. “We are the Asian business-owned smart grid technology leader in this space providing end-to-end smart grid business solutions,”he said.

Periasamy recently spoke at the California Utilities Diversity Council’s 2010 Green Diversity Summit on how he grew his successful company from a small startup to global business. He returns this weekend to Sacramento to talk to the NARU Conference (Sunday, July 18, 2010) at the Sacramento Convention Center.

PERI, a global business solutions company, is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. Earlier this year PERI opened offices in the Wells Fargo Tower in the business district of downtown Los Angeles. The worldwide company also has offices in San Jose and Chennai, India.

“After servicing clients in California and on the West Coast, we learned it was vital to bring our services closer to a rapidly growing technology market,”said Periasamy. “Los Angeles leads the Pacific Rim in just about every industry and we want to help utilities and businesses grow to meet the technology needs of regional and international markets.”

About PERI :

Founded in 1999, PERI is a global business solutions company, which has grown to more than 700 plus employees and delivers high value-cost effective technology based business solutions. PERI draws on deep industry expertise and a portfolio of interrelated consulting, business processes, application development along with smart-intelligent hardware and software products. PERI blends strategic design, proven technology, and timely delivery of solutions that maximize customers return on IT investment.