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Opower

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Working with more than 75 utility partners and serving more than 14 million consumers across six countries, Opower is the world’s leading provider of customer engagement solutions for the utility industry. By providing the tools, information and incentives consumers need to make smarter decisions about their energy use, Opower’s engagement platform and solution suite enables utilities to involve their customers in programs that support, energy efficiency goals, smart grid and new rate structures, brand loyalty and lowering the cost of service. Proven to drive behavioral change at scale, Opower has helped its utility partners achieve more than 1.5 TWHs of their energy efficiency goals, and drive significant increases in customer program participation and overall customer satisfaction. Founded in 2007 and privately held, Opower is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices in San Francisco and London. For more information, please visit www.opower.com and follow us on Twitter at @Opower.

Recent Milestones

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  Opower — Opower Claims 5 Million More Homes (7/19/12)
  Posted 7/19/12 at 6:56pm via greentechmedia.com
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  Opower — Announced hire of Rick McPhee as VP Engineering (3/21/12)
  Posted 6/17/12 at 6:55pm via opower.com
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  Opower — Announces hire of Thomas Kramer as CFO (11/17/11)
  Posted 6/17/12 at 6:53pm via opower.com
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  Opower received $50M in Venture Round funding. (11/29/10)
  Posted 11/29/10 at 7:20pm via wsj.com
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  Opower added Hadi Partovi as Advisor. (6/1/10)
  Posted 9/10/10 at 8:59am
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  Opower added Roderick Morris as SVP, Marketing and Operations. (4/1/10)
  Posted 5/3/10 at 2:35pm
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  Opower added Amir Raminfar as Technology Lead. (1/1/10)
  Posted 5/6/13 at 1:51pm
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  Opower added Erik Carlson as Director. (1/1/10)
  Posted 11/14/12 at 2:28pm
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  Opower added Ogi Kavazovic as VP, Strategy and Marketing. (2/1/09)
  Posted 8/1/11 at 11:04am
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  Opower received $14M in Series B funding. (12/29/08)
  Posted 8/13/09 at 6:06am via venturebeat.com
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  Opower received $1.7M in Series A funding. (8/1/07)
  Posted 9/21/10 at 12:27pm
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  Opower added Mark Sugarman as Director.
  Posted 8/8/11 at 11:50am
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  Opower added Jon Sakoda as Board Director.
  Posted 8/1/11 at 11:04am
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  Opower added Jay Kimmelman as Director.
  Posted 8/8/11 at 11:50am
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  Opower added Trae Vassallo as Board Observer.
  Posted 8/1/11 at 11:04am
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  Opower added Jeff Barrett as Vice President of Engineering.
  Posted 8/8/11 at 11:50am

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Screenshots

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Above: Opower Homepage as of July 28, 2011
Uploaded: 8/1/11

Sources

1. Citation Needed [add]
2. Opower snags $14M for energy efficiency data (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
3. Opower Tallies $50M Amid Smart-Meter Backlash (blogs.wsj.com) [edit]
Thomas Kramer Joins Opower as Chief Financial Officer (opower.com) [edit]
Rick McPhee Joins Opower as Vice President of Engineering (opower.com) [edit]
Opower Claims 5 Million More Homes (greentechmedia.com) [edit]