EnergyConnect, Inc.

PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Microfield Group, Inc. (”Microfield”) (OTCBB: MICG - News) today announced that its subsidiary EnergyConnect, Inc. (”EnergyConnect”), has signed agreements with four additional Main Line Health Systems hospitals as part of the Jefferson Health System network of hospitals. This includes Lankenau Hospital, Paoli Hospital, Bryn Mahr Hospital, and Bryn Mahr Rehabilitation Hospital. Additionally, four other Jefferson Health Systems Hospitals have agreed to be part of the EnergyConnect, Inc. program. They are the Frankford hospitals in Frankford, Bucks County, Torresdale, and Wellington. These hospitals, combined with the previously contracted Main TJU campus and Methodist Hospitals, represent the largest single network of hospitals participating in the PJM Demand Response program. Collectively, this group of facilities has a peak load of over sixty megawatts.

Randy Haines, TJU’s Energy Manager, said “The success that we experienced this past year on our main campus has proven the value of EnergyConnect’s E’Services to maximize the revenue that we have received from the PJM program. We now are utilizing this program throughout our entire hospital network.”

Liz Kimmel, EnergyConnect’s Director of Business Development said,”The confidence that Randy has demonstrated in EnergyConnect in enrolling these hospitals in our program continues to validate the excellent value that we bring to participants. This will help TJU in holding down health care costs.”
EnergyConnect, Inc. is the leading provider of Energy Automation services. More than just demand response, EnergyConnect’s Energy Automation solutions proactively engage energy market participants, Independent System Operators, Regional Transmission Organizations and Electric Utilities. EnergyConnect is on the web at www.EnergyConnectInc.com.

About Microfield Group, Inc.

Microfield Group combines selling wholesale services to regional power grids with traditional electrical contracting and design and integration of infrastructure for wind, solar and other distributed power systems. This combination provides the platform to be a contributor to the growing alternative energy industry and to provide business processes and software capabilities that link the adjustment of consumer energy consumption to the wholesale electric market. Microfield utilizes consumers of electricity to generate revenue from the regional grids and serves this market through proprietary software and models that enable consumers to adjust use, provide prices to determine beneficial actions, and automate all aspects of the process. Microfield is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and its common stock is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “MICG.” Additional information about Microfield is available at www.microfield.com.

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Microfield Group, Inc.
Randy Reed, CFO, 503-419-3364
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Cary Halsted, Investor Relations, 408-832-8063

Posted on Thursday, January 25th, 2007 - Press Releases