Cooper Power Systems Forms Energy Automation Solutions Business Unit.

Combination of Traditional Businesses with Recent Acquisitions Focuses on Improving Utility Operations Through Advanced Automation Technologies

WAUKESHA, Wis. -- Cooper Power Systems (CPS) today announced the formation of its Energy Automation Solutions (EAS) business unit to meet growing utility demand for automation technologies and expertise. The EAS business unit will focus on providing comprehensive automation technologies and expertise that help customers increase productivity, improve system reliability, and reduce costs.

Cooper Power Systems created its EAS business unit in order to integrate recent acquisitions (which broadened its basket of automation products and services), its existing portfolio of transmission and distribution technology, and its Systems Integration Solutions Group. This will allow Cooper Power Systems to create automation solutions that combine next generation technology with proven best-in-class products.

Products and services that will be part of the new EAS organization include automated meter reading (AMR), demand management, centralized capacitor bank controls, asset monitoring for high voltage breakers and power transformers, feeder automation, substation automation, NERC CIP compliant enterprise-wide substation data solutions, recloser and regulator controls, and protective relays.

"We are aggressively staking out a leadership position in energy automation solutions," said Mike Stoessl, Cooper Power Systems Group President. "The breadth of products, services, and expertise we can offer the utility industry is truly outstanding."

Cooper Industries recently acquired Cannon Technologies, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn., and Cybectec, Inc. of Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Quebec, Canada. Cannon technologies provides scalable solutions for remotely reading meters, controlling peak load, managing power, and monitoring substation and distribution assets through its Yukon([R])Advanced Energy Services Software. Cybectec's Substation Modernization Platform[TM] is a substation gateway that concentrates, processes and redistributes the information produced by existing substation devices in thousands of substations around the world.

Effective immediately, Larry Coble has been promoted to the position of Vice President and General Manager, Energy Automation Solutions, and will oversee the operation of the new EAS organization.

"Larry has been instrumental in putting together the elements of this new organization," said Cooper Power Systems Group President Mike Stoessl. "His knowledge of the products and systems that will be part of EAS, in conjunction with the personal relationships he formed with the component organizations during the acquisition process, ensures that Larry will be successful in leading this new business unit."

"CPS is well suited to help utilities improve the operational efficiency of their power grids. The synergy of CPS's strong distribution automation product mix, along with the systems and integration expertise offered by the Cannon and Cybectec organizations and our technical sales force are unmatched," said Larry Coble. "We are poised to provide comprehensive automation solutions and integrate automation solutions into both legacy and new transmission and distribution products."

Currently, Cooper Power Systems now has automation solutions installed in more than 400 utilities, and products in service with thousands of utilities and large heavy-electrical industrial operations worldwide.

The EAS organization will be headquartered in Waukesha, Wis., with marketing, and engineering offices located in Minneapolis, Minn., Sioux City, Iowa, Carrington, N.D., Saint-Jean-Chrysostome and Montreal, Quebec, and South Milwaukee and Franksville, Wis.

About Cooper Power Systems

Cooper Power Systems, Inc. with revenues of approximately $1 billion, is a subsidiary of Cooper Industries, Ltd (NYSE: CBE), a diversified worldwide manufacturer of products for the electrical, commercial and industrial markets. Cooper Power Systems manufactures distribution transformers, distribution switchgear, reclosers, capacitors, protective relays, voltage regulators, automated switches, cable accessories, surge arrestors, transformer components and dielectric fluids, fuses and tools and it provides engineering services for the electrical and industrial markets. Through its Energy Automation Solutions Group it is also a leader in providing comprehensive automation solutions, including automated meter reading/advanced metering infrastructure, capacitor dispatch and control, load control, equipment sensors, critical equipment monitoring, system-wide GUI and data collection, substation gateway, event management, notification and data record collection, IED setting database, relay event manager, and IED pass-through communications manager. For more information, go to www.cooperpower.com or call 1-877-CPS-INFO.

About Cooper Industries

Cooper Industries, Ltd. is a global manufacturer with 2006 revenues of $5.2 billion, approximately 85 percent of which are from electrical products. Incorporated in Bermuda with administrative headquarters in Houston, Cooper employs approximately 31,000 people and operates eight divisions: Cooper B-Line, Cooper Bussmann, Cooper Crouse-Hinds, Cooper Lighting, Cooper Menvier, Cooper Power Systems, Cooper Wiring Devices and Cooper Tools group. Cooper Connection provides a common marketing and selling platform for Cooper's sales to electrical distributors. For more information, visit www.cooperindustries.com.