National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Selects Ventyx as Electric Infrastructure Data Vendor for Fourth Consecutive Year

ATLANTA, March 3 /PRNewswire/ — Ventyx(R), the world’s largest private
software, data and advisory services provider to the energy and utility
industry, today announced a new contract with the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in which the company will be the
exclusive provider of electric infrastructure data for the agency. The
contract marks the fourth year in a row that NGA has chosen Ventyx data.

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A Department of Defense combat support agency and a member of the National
Intelligence Community, NGA develops imagery and map-based intelligence
solutions for U.S. national defense, homeland security and safety of
navigation. In addition to supporting combat operations, NGA also supports
disaster relief and homeland defense operations by providing GEOINT data,
products and analyses to lead federal agencies as well as state and local
first responders.

The accuracy of Ventyx’s data, as well as the company’s past performance
with NGA, were primary reasons for the agency continuing to work with Ventyx.
The Ventyx geospatial team spent considerable time and effort in understanding
the agency’s needs, and the company has provided considerable domain expertise
to NGA over the years.

“NGA has the highest standards for data and spatial accuracy. We are
acutely aware that lives are on the line when they are doing analysis in
advance of events, and when federal, state and local first responders are
coordinating their efforts,” said Ventyx Executive Vice President Will Dailey.
“So, Ventyx is grateful that after performing extensive data quality checking
of all competitive vendors in this space NGA has once again chosen the Ventyx
electric infrastructure data to be of the highest quality. Ventyx has
significant partnerships with many other government agencies, including FERC,
EIA, EPA and the Department of Justice, due to the quality of our data. And,
our same high-quality data are available to all of our clients and are
especially valuable to anyone involved in plant site applications or who wish
to better understand energy market infrastructure in various regions.”

Ventyx offers the most spatially accurate data in the energy industry
through its Velocity Suite of solutions. The Velocity Suite of historic energy
markets data provides organizations with the integrated market data and tools
they need to analyze, benchmark and conduct planning and market analysis. In
addition to their popularity with government agencies, these solutions are
also compelling offerings for utilities interested in developing new
generation or transmission. For more information on the Ventyx Velocity Suite
of energy data solutions, please visit our Website at
http://www1.ventyx.com/velocity/vs-overview.asp.

About NGA

NGA is a Department of Defense combat support agency and a member of the
National Intelligence Community. The Agency’s mission is to provide timely,
relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of our national
security. The term “geospatial intelligence” means the exploitation and
analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess and
visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on
the Earth. Geospatial intelligence consists of imagery, imagery intelligence
and geospatial (e.g., mapping, charting and geodesy) information.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., NGA has major facilities in the Washington,
D.C.; Northern Virginia and St. Louis, Mo, areas with NGA support teams
worldwide.

About Ventyx

Ventyx is a leading business solutions provider, delivering asset
management, mobile workforce management, energy portfolio management and
customer care solutions to more than 1,250 energy, utility and communications
customers, as well as to asset-intensive customers in selected commercial
markets. Ventyx delivers best-of-breed business solutions that maximize
operational and financial performance, backed by the industry’s deepest
available industry-specific domain expertise. For more information, visit our
Website at http://www.ventyx.com.

Ventyx is a registered trademark of Ventyx Inc. Other company and
product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they
are associated.

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