For Immediate Release

HOUSTON—March 22, 2006— UtiliPoint International, Inc. (UtiliPoint) announced today that it will undertake a market sizing study of North American energy trading, transaction and risk management (ETRM) software markets. The market for energy trading, transaction and risk management software in North America is known to be large but there is no definitive, third-party estimate of its size available to those interested in ETRM software including vendors, service providers, capital providers and analysts.

"The ETRM software market has changed and evolved rapidly as the industry has changed over the last 15-years or so but recently, demand has reached high levels in response to a variety of business drivers. These include corporate governance standards and the beginnings of a need to replace software solutions developed earlier," Reports Dr. Gary M. Vasey, Ph.d., Vice President of Macroenergy Analysis at UtiliPoint. "Reliable, third-party market size estimates are often required to support business strategy, business planning and capital raising activities. No such market sizing study yet exists."

UtiliPoint International, Inc. (UtiliPoint) has successfully conducted numerous research projects in ETRM including two definitive benchmarking studies in electric power and natural gas markets. As a result, UtiliPoint has a good understanding of the dynamics in the market and of the metrics required to conduct a market sizing study. UtiliPoint also has a market sizing methodology that has been used successfully in a number of private studies in the past. These will be used to support the current study project.

Companies interested in supporting and participating in the study should contact Dr. Vasey for a study prospectus at gvasey@utilipoint.com or on 281.681.8020.