Steve Rhoades

Petra Systems, Inc.

Petra Systems is a leading global technology provider for the renewable energy, energy efficiency, and distributed power generation markets. With over 200,000 installed systems worldwide, Petra Systems delivers reliable, cost effective smart energy solutions that intelligently power communities, cities, solar farms, and grids. Petra Systems leverages the expertise developed over the past eight years as the core technology supplier to the world's largest mesh networked distributed power plants. Expanding the strategic focus beyond solar generation, Petra Systems delivers intelligent, efficient, and remotely managed energy networks for smart city applications to be deployed by municipalities, transportation authorities and utilities. Petra Systems has introduced its newest product offering, the Petra Smart City Solution (Petra SCS), a fully integrated smart pole system that connects streetlight, energy generation, surveillance, data, and communication networks to a city's public works department. "Electricity bills from streetlights are one of the largest expense line items for municipalities today, and cities recognize the benefits of LED retrofit programs to reduce their overall energy consumption," said Steve Rhoades, Chief Executive Officer of Petra Systems. "We see an even greater opportunity to increase this value and strengthen smart city project economics through an integrated technology platform approach that combines the value of energy savings from LED Retrofits and LED Light Controllers with the revenue generated by solar power production." As the world leader in pole-­‐mounted renewable energy solutions, Petra Systems is built on a foundation of field tested and proven technologies. With Petra SCS, we take technology and service innovation to its next level, helping municipalities build intelligent, sustainable, resilient and economically sound smart city networks to enhance the services they provide for their communities.