[November 10, 2014]

Sustainable Energy and Utility Expert Nexant Opens First Office in Canada

Nexant, a leading provider of proven, customer-centric services and solutions for utilities, today announced the opening of its first office in Canada. Nexant's Toronto office team will help its clients navigate a complex regulatory landscape and further enable conservation, clean energy and smart grid initiatives. Nexant has been working with clients in Canada on sustainable energy and utility solutions from British Columbia to Ontario for the past eight years.

Founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Francisco, Nexant and its 650+ employees work from 32 global offices providing deep technical expertise and regional knowledge to utilities, power producers, electricity distributors and grid operators. Nexant supports its clients through three distinct business units-Energy Software, Utility Services and Energy & Chemicals Advisory. The support provided includes:

• Energy Software - customer centric platforms for aligning customer ad grid initiatives
• Utility Services - customer strategy, demand side management (DSM (News - Alert)), grid modernization and conservation/energy efficiency
• Energy & Chemicals Advisory - consulting and advisory services for clean technology and petrochemicals

Nexant has long been recognized as a market innovator of energy efficiency and demand response solutions for utilities. The company works closely with its clients to drive customer energy savings, ensure cost-effective program design, implementation and management, and promote customer engagement for all types of energy conservation frameworks.

"With the complex and immediate challenges associated with the province's conservation framework and restructuring, it's important that we are in Ontario," said Terry Fry, Nexant Senior Vice President of Utility Services. "The framework puts stress on administrative functions and systems, and our regional clients are looking for advanced services and off-the shelf solutions that can achieve quick results."

About Nexant

Nexant is a global software and services company that helps utilities navigate a changing landscape and enable smart grid, clean energy and demand management initiatives. Nexant solutions help utilities embrace a customer-centric model that aligns strategic planning, grid operations and demand side management to improve customer engagement, boost operational efficiency, reduce costs and achieve superior business results. From 32 offices around the world, Nexant's 650+ employees partner with utility clients every day to help ensure a sustainable energy future. See www.nexant.com for more.

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