Nyack, New York -- October 2, 2006

David Shpigler, President of The Shpigler Group, will be co-presenting with Dave Shepard, Director of Business Processes, of CenterPoint Energy at the AMRA Autovation 2006 Symposium October 22 - 25 being held in Nashville, TN. Their joint session entitled 'Advanced Metering in an Intelligent Grid at CenterPoint Energy', will focus on the joint efforts that The Shpigler Group and CenterPoint Energy are currently working on in the 'Smart Grid' arena.