Opower : Expands Energy Efficiency and Customer Engagement Programs with Eversource April 21, 2016

Program will support 1 million households across three states

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Opower (NYSE:OPWR), the global leader in cloud-based software for the utility industry, today announced that Eversource Energy will significantly expand its agreement with Opower to deliver a new suite of demand side management and customer engagement tools, including elements of Opower's next generation Energy Efficiency solution, Agile EE, to 250,000 more households across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The expansion brings the total program size to 1 million households.

Opower will deliver Home Energy Reports to give customers more control over their energy use and provide data-rich insights and recommendations on how to save money on monthly bills. These Agile EE solutions leverage the largest residential energy dataset on earth and provide unparalleled personalization and targeting for utility energy efficiency programs. Eversource will also send Opower's High Bill Alerts to customers, a key component of Agile EE.

'Contract expansions like this one with Eversource are the best proof that Opower's enterprise platform is delivering compelling results for our utility partners,' said Opower CEO Dan Yates. 'From its inception, Opower has grown by helping utilities meet and exceed their goals while transforming their customer experience.'

About Opower

Opower (NYSE: OPWR) is an enterprise software company that helps utilities elevate the customer experience. Energy providers use Opower's customer engagement platform to deliver proactive, digital communications that raise customer satisfaction, manage energy demand, and lower service costs. Opower's software is deployed to 100 utilities worldwide and reaches more than 60 million homes and businesses. For more information, please visit www.opower.com and follow us on Twitter at @Opower.

Forward-looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding benefits from the use of Opower's solutions. Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects for Opower represent Opower's views as of the date of this press release. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. While Opower may elect to update these statements at some point in the future, Opower specifically disclaims any obligation to do so.

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