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Steve Westly joins GreenBeat’s top-tier roster

Source: VentureBeat

Nov 04, 2009

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We are thrilled to announce investor and former California state controller Steve Westly as the newest speaker for GreenBeat 2009, the seminal executive conference on the Smart Grid taking place Nov. 18 and 19 in San Mateo.

Bringing combined expertise in politics, energy and entrepreneurship, Westly is an ideal addition to the agenda. A vocal proponent of the green economy, he heads up the Westly Group, which backs Smart Grid startup Eka Systems, as well as cleantech companies Amyris, Lunera Lighting, RecycleBank and perhaps most notably, Tesla Motors. He is on the lookout for new opportunities to accelerate the development of cleaner sources of energy and a more efficient grid.

Eka Systems, the Westly Group’s first Smart Grid investment, brings together water, gas and electricity metering data into a single stream to help utilities improve their service performance and efficiency. The company, based in Maryland, also provides its own secure wireless network called the EkaNet Smart Network for transmitting all of this data. A dark horse candidate among competit

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