MEDIA ADVISORY

January 18, 2011

GE’s Smart Grid Center of Excellence will Power up Georgia by Opening its Grid IQ™ Experience Center

Invitation to tour the completed Experience Center that will offer consumers and utilities a world-class smart grid education

WHAT:GE welcomes Georgia Gov.Nathan Deal along with other Georgia government officials, industry executives and academic partners for the grand opening and tour of theGrid IQ™ Experience Center in Atlanta, Ga.

Media are invited to participate in this VIP event to see thenewly-completed,world-destination Experience Center and worldwide headquarters for GE’s Digital Energy business.

During the event, media and other attendees will receive:

  • Remarks from GE and government officialsonhow the Grid IQ Experience Center will solidify Atlanta’s reputation for energy innovation and what the Smart Grid Center of Excellence means for Atlanta’s economy
  • A tablet computer-guided educational tour of the Grid IQ Experience Centerwithin-depth, interactive demos and insights about how:
  • Smart grid technologies make domestic and global societies cleaner, smarter more efficient and reliablein their energy use
  • Smart grid technologies empower both utilities and consumers to reduce energy consumption
  • Consumers can make a house more energy efficient

WHEN:Thursday, January 20, 2011, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET

WHERE:GE Energy’s Grid IQ Experience Center

2018 Powers Ferry Rd., SE

Atlanta, Ga.30339

Free parking will be available in the employee parking deck. Parking personnel will be on-hand to direct attendees.

WHO:Bob Gilligan, vice president of GE’s Digital Energy business (speaker)

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (speaker)

VISUALS: The following will be available for video/photo capture at the event:

  • Interviews with Bob Gilligan, vice president for GE’s Digital Energy business
  • Interviews with government and industry partners involved in the public-private partnership responsible for the Smart Grid Center of Excellence, which houses the Grid IQ Experience Center
  • Interviews with green engineers who represent Atlanta’s new green workforce
  • An array of energy efficient appliances that aid consumers in managing energy consumption, including a wind turbine, solar panel, energy efficient dryer, smart meter, Wattstation electric vehicle charger, GE Nucleus

Contact:

Edelman, for GEGE

Glynn MurphBritton Cronin

404.460.1491972.715.8503