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Computer software for use in data collection and control, communications and data exchange, electronic meter reading, off-site meter reading, keyed meter reading, and meter data recorders, all for use in the utilities and energy industries; [ computer software for billing customer accounts, ] for scheduling customer orders and for managing utility meters and energy equipment; communication software for use in the utility and energy industries; suite of software applications for advanced meter reading, data collection, management and delivery in the utility and energy industries; computer software that provides alerts of utility, power outages, power restoration and water leaks and that enable utilities and energy providers to gather utility, electricity, natural gas, and water usage data to support time-based rates and enable consumers and businesses to make choices about utility, power, energy and water usage in response to market and price signals, as well as system conditions; computer software and software platform for managing energy costs and uses by collecting, managing, analyzing, mining, integrating, reporting, benchmarking, validating, managing load-reduction programs, forecasting, billing, [ managing, analyzing, ] and reporting energy and energy-related data; computer software for use in distributed information access and collection and building device integration, control and management for use in water and energy management, namely, use, analysis and purchasing of the same; computer software, namely, computer operating programs and computer software for application and database integration for use in the utilities and energy industries; computer software for load management and demand response; computer operating software and computer software for data collection and remote programming applications, namely, automated meter reading, distribution automation, remote communications between networks and between and among utility meters, and demand side management applications via the Internet, Intranets, Extranets, radio frequency networks, wireless networks, telephone lines, and integrated communications networks, namely, public switched telephone networks, IP-based public networks, virtual private networks, private networks, powerline and broadband over powerline networks, public networks and cellular networks for energy, and other utility meter monitoring points; data collection computer and communication network systems comprised of computer operating software and computer software for data collection applications, namely, advanced meter reading, automated meter reading, distribution automation, and demand side management applications via the Internet, Intranets, Extranets, radio frequency networks, wireless networks, telephone lines, and integrated communications networks, namely, public switched telephone networks, virtual private networks, private networks, public networks, and cellular networks, all for use in the utility and energy industries; computer hardware, peripherals and devices, namely, meter endpoint devices for electric, gas and water meters, handheld computers, cell control units, signal repeater hardware, associated radio units and antennas, docking stations; mobile signal transceiver units for use with automatic meter reading and telemetry in utilities and energy industries; computer hardware and software for use in the utilities, energy and water industries, namely, for use in association with electric, gas, energy, and water facilities management; data collection computer systems, namely, portable and stationary terminals, printers, communications controllers for transferring data from portable computer terminals to stationary computer terminals, communications cradles, function- specific peripherals, computer operating programs, and computer application programs for use in data collection and control applications; portable electronic utility meter reading and billing unit therefor; communications software and hardware for connecting computer network users; communications software and hardware for connecting global computer, Intranet and Extranet networks; meters for utilities, namely, meters for obtaining, recording, processing and/or transmitting meter data relating to use and/or transmittal of electricity, water, gas and thermal energy