ATLANTA, GA, July 28, 2011—Five Point Partners, LLC, a utility consulting and advisory firm is pleased to announce that Darren Brady has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Mr. Brady will be actively involved in the overall management and operations of the Company, with a focus on corporate strategy, business development and the continued build out of the Company’s service offerings. Mr. Brady has worked in the energy and utility industry for almost 20 years, holding executive level positions at companies viewed as leaders in their field such as EnerNOC, Puget Sound Energy, and Orcom Solutions.

Kurt Zuch, Five Point’s CEO, said, "Darren has been on the forefront of innovation in the utility industry. He brings extensive industry, management and operating experience to our team that will benefit Five Point as we continue to experience accelerated growth. Our customers will benefit from Darren’s extensive experience as we partner with them to help navigate unprecedented industry changes.”

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Third time is a charm - After years of struggles to implement a new CIS, Denver Water goes live with Oracle’s Customer Care and Billing (CC&B) system.

ATLANTA, GA – September 16, 2009 – Five Point Partners, LLC, a provider of management consulting and technical services in advanced metering infrastructure, business intelligence, and customer care and billing for regulated and deregulated utilities, today announced that its client, the Denver Water Board, went live with CC&B on time and on budget.

Denver Water, which had two previous projects fail to deliver a new system, contracted with TMG Consulting (which was acquired by Five Point Partners in February, 2009) beginning in September 2006 to provide consulting services for the selection of a new system. That extensive process resulted in the selection of the Oracle CC&B system being implemented by BearingPoint and with Wipro providing SOA integration with other Denver Water systems. At that time Denver Water extended the contract with TMG to provide monthly Quality Assurance and project oversight during the 18 month implementation period.

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Acquisition of Energy Consulting Firm Expands Five Point Partners’ Utility Industry Service Offerings

ATLANTA, GA – February 16, 2009 – Five Point Partners, LLC, a provider of management consulting and technical services in advanced metering infrastructure, business intelligence, and customer care and billing for regulated and deregulated utilities, today announced it has acquired TMG Consulting, Inc., the leading provider of information technology application review, planning, selection, and project quality assurance services to the energy industry. TMG brings a rich history of advisory success throughout the utility industry and tenured consultants with a recognized level of in-depth expertise. Five Point will utilize this expertise and industry goodwill to provide clients additional value around strategy, systems implementation and application management initiatives.

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