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[mcmike]

COMV on scans today

don't know anything about co. or why it is in the PBW; evidently has something to do with grid management

Comverge Provides Nation's First ZigBee Enabled Demand Response System
Wednesday December 19, 8:30 am ET
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071219/nyw042a.html?.v=1

Energy Bill May Boost Ethanol, Tech
Monday December 17, 6:06 pm ET

"Less heralded, but just as important, are the parts of the bill that govern utilities' incentives for efficiency, says John Quealy, senior analyst at Canaccord Adams in Boston.

Utilities need to measure how much demand for power changes over time. The bill also has provisions that would allow utilities to accelerate depreciation.

He notes that companies such as EnerNOC (NasdaqGM:ENOC - News), Comverge (NasdaqGM:COMV - News), Itron (NasdaqGS:ITRI - News) and ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE - News) all make new kinds of meters for gas and electricity, as well as the systems to measure and manage demand."
http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/071217/funds.html?.v=1

[mcmike]

PBW holdings

  
 Index Components as of: 12/27/07   
  
    
   
   
 Company Name                  Symbol % Weighting  
   
 First Solar Inc.               FSLR  5.78%  
 Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd  STP   4.89%  
 Evergreen Solar Inc            ESLR  4.68%  
 American Superconductor Corp   AMSC  3.99%  
 Sunpower Corp                  SPWR  3.96%  
 Emcore Corp                    EMKR  3.88%  
 Ja Solar                       JASO  3.70%  
 Yingli                         YGE   3.50%  
 MEMC Electronic Materials Inc  WFR   3.43%  
 Universal Display Corp         PANL  3.21%  
 Ormat Technologies Inc         ORA   2.97%  
 Energy Conversion Devices Inc  ENER  2.77%  
 VeraSun Energy Corp            VSE   2.52%  
 International Rectifier Corp   IRF   2.48%  
 Zoltek Cos Inc                 ZOLT  2.46%  
 Itron Inc I                    TRI   2.37%  
 Comverge                       COMV  2.20%  
 Trina Solar Ltd                TSL   2.19%  
 China BAK Battery Inc          CBAK  2.18%  
 Medis Technologies Ltd         MDTL  2.13%  
 Om Group                       OMG   2.08%  
 Applied Materials              AMAT  2.02%  
 Plug Power Inc                 PLUG  1.99%  
 Cree Inc                       CREE  1.95%  
 Praxair Inc                    PX    1.93%  
 Puget Energy Inc               PSD   1.81%  
 Air Products & Chem            APD   1.80%  
 NovaSource Biofuels            NBF   1.78%  
 Pacific Ethanol Inc            PEIX  1.73%  
 Echelon Corp                   ELON  1.73%  
 Idacorp Inc                    IDA   1.70%  
 Fuel Systems Solutions Inc     FSYS  1.69%  
 AMerigon                       ARGN  1.67%  
 Ballard Power Systems          BLDP  1.66%  
 Cosan                          CZZ   1.64%  
 Verenium                       VRNM  1.60%  
 Portland General Electric Co   POR   1.55%  
 FuelCell Energy Inc            FCEL  1.38%  
 Maxwell Technologies Inc       MXWL  1.37%  
 Ultralife Batteries Inc        ULBI  0.71%  
 Active Power Inc               ACPW  0.58%  
 Uqm Technologies               UQM   0.37%