ONTILITY Announces Receipt of $3.57M Department of Energy Grant, Solar Train-the-Trainer, for South Central US with Partnered Academic Institutions

HOUSTON, TEXAS (November 3, 2009) – ONTILITY has announced that on October 8, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded one of the nine Solar Installer Instructor grants to the South-Central Solar Training Consortium lead by Houston Community College System (HCCS) and based solely on the ONTILITY solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal curricula.

In addition to HCCS and ONTILITY, the consortium partners include: Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA; American Youth Works Charter School, Austin, TX; Louisiana Technical College – Lafayette, LA; Houston Works – YouthBuild, Houston, TX; Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX; Louisiana CeanTech Network, Kenner, LA; and New Orleans YouthBuild, New Orleans, LA. The geographical scope of this partnership includes enhancing and extending solar training to community colleges and vocational high schools in Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.

This five-year, $3.57M award, is jointly funded by DOE and the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA). The program will create a network of nine solar training regional resources and training providers. Among the primary goals, as identified by the DOE, is "to accelerate market adoption of solar technologies by ensuring that high-quality installations are standard and to create sustainable jobs within the solar installation industry."

"The opportunity to participate at the regional and national levels in the standardization of solar training is nothing short of phenomenal. ONTILITY is proud and excited to be the sole industry partner in the South-Central Consortium and is eager to advance and enhance solar training at academic institutions throughout the region," said Tom Pash, CEO of ONTILITY. "With our long-standing experience in providing top-quality solar training to industry and educational partners, we are excited to leverage our 'shovel ready' program to quickly and effectively scale up the solar installation workforce in the South-Central region. There is considerable need for not only an industry-approved, well-trained solar workforce, but also, as DOE identified, the time is ripe for standardizing solar training in the U.S. ONTILITY looks forward to working with all of the consortium members to realize our collective solar training and solar workforce goals for the U.S."

About ONTILITY

ONTILITY is committed to the solar market and solar industry development. Learn Solar through our professional training. Buy Solar from our stocking warehouse of superior products at competitive prices. Accelerate Your Solar Business with our full range of partner support services including engineering and design consulting, due diligence and financial support, custom training and educational consulting. ONTILITY brings you best-in-class solar training, energy efficiency training, solar products distribution and support for solar installers, dealers and integrators.

• Solar Products – Over 120 Manufacturers / Maintains over 20M in Monthly Inventory
• Solar Training – NABCEP and IREC Training Courses and Certification Programs
• Financial Support – Financial Solutions for Your Business and Customers
• Design Support – End-to-End Design and Engineering Support Services
• Consulting Support – NABCEP Certified Installation Consultants to Support Your Projects
• Rebate Support – Rebate Assistance and Coverage Solutions
• Logistics Support – Remote, Field, Project Site and Rooftop Delivery Solutions

More Information, including a current course schedule is available at: 877.558.7479 or www.ontility.com.

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