CORRECTING and REPLACING NYSERDA Awards Ambient and Con Edison Funding for Enhancing PLC Pilot Project.Energy Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CORRECTION...by Ambient NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004 In BW5414 issued June 8, 2004: Headline of release should read: NYSERDA NYSERDA New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Awards Ambient and Con Edison Funding for Enhancing PLC Pilot Project (sted NYSERDA Awards Ambient and Con Edison Funding for Expanding PLC Pilot Project). The corrected release reads: NYSERDA AWARDS AMBIENT AND CON EDISON FUNDING FOR ENHANCING PLC PILOT PROJECT Consolidated Edison This article is about the utility company in New York. For ComEd in Illinois, see Commonwealth Edison. Consolidated Edison, Inc. NYSE: ED is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ED) and Ambient Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :ABTG ABTG AquaBio Tech Group ) today announced the award of funding, pending final contract negotiations, from New York State Energy Research and Development Authority The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is a public benefit corporation that was created by the New York State Legislature in 1975. The purpose of the NYSERDA is to provide funding for the research of energy development. (NYSERDA) to enhance their PLC pilot in Westchester County. Con Edison and Ambient's proposal was favorably reviewed by a technical evaluation panel and NYSERDA management. NYSERDA will be funding up to $200,000, of the $480,000 project. Peter R. Smith, President of NYSERDA, commented, "We are excited about the potential PLC technology has to improve system reliability and power quality for business and residential customers in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . NYSERDA looks forward to working with Con Edison and their partner, Ambient Corporation, in this important project." Con Edison and Ambient will implement the pilot using Ambient's technology that will enable Con Edison to monitor two overhead distribution circuits via Ambient's utility applications. Some of the benefits and enhanced monitoring capabilities provided by PLC will include: -- Indication of general circuit health for improved asset management -- Information on power quality events on the monitored circuit -- Enhanced outage management and response -- Automatic Meter Reading Automatic meter reading, or AMR, is the technology of automatically collecting data from water meter or energy metering devices (water, gas, electric) and transferring that data to a central database for billing and/or analyzing. (AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. ) -- Comprehensive, high-speed communications back bone that can also be utilized to provide low cost Internet service Kevin Burke, President and COO of Con Edison, stated, "We look forward to building on the success of our pilot program in Westchester County and evaluating various ways we can use Ambient's PLC technology to better serve our customers." Ambient's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , John J. Joyce, stated, "Ambient and Con Edison have been the pioneers in evaluating PLC technology for the benefit of utility applications. To gain the support of a government agency such as NYSERDA, is a further testament to the potential of Ambient's technology and we welcome the opportunity to further prove the viability of Ambient's PLC solution with our partner Con Edison." About NYSERDA The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is a public benefit corporation created in 1975 by the New York State Legislature. NYSERDA's responsibilities, among others, include many phases of R&D efforts and administering the New York Energy $mart(SM) program. Additional information about these programs can be obtained at www.nyserda.org or 1-866-NYSERDA. About Consolidated Edison, Inc. Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE: ED) is one of the nation's largest investor-owned energy companies, with approximately $10 billion in annual revenues and $21 billion in assets. The company provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to its customers through two regulated utility subsidiaries and four competitive energy and telecommunications businesses. For additional financial, operations and customer service information, visit the Consolidated Edison, Inc. Web site at www.coned.com. About Ambient Corporation Ambient Corporation (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: ABTG) is a development stage company engaged in the design, development and marketing of equipment and technologies that utilize existing electrical power medium voltage and low voltage distribution lines as a medium for the delivery of broadband and other communication services. The use of an electric power distribution system as a high-speed communication medium is commonly referred to as "power line communications" or "broadband over power lines Using the electric utility to provide Internet access. Also called "power line communications" (PLC), high-frequencies carrying data are superimposed over the low-frequency waves on the electrical transmission lines. ." Visit us at www.ambientcorp.com. This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Ambient Corporation with the SEC, including the company's most recent report on Form 10-KSB and 10-QSB, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Ambient is a trademark of Ambient Corporation registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. |
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