Article: Smart Grid Company BPL Global Acquires Substation Automation Company Plan B Solutions.

PITTSBURGH, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- BPL Global(TM), Ltd., a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy and information delivery, has acquired Plan B Solutions, a provider of substation automation technology to electric utilities. The transaction closed on April 3, 2008. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Substation automation is a smart grid application on the supply side of the utility infrastructure. This acquisition will allow BPL Global to increase the depth and breadth of its smart grid solutions. BPL Global recently acquired Serveron to gain access to critical transformer asset data in the substation. Plan B ...

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