IPO Hardball! Weekly Analysis and a Review April 9, 2007

This week Mr. Gaskins provides analysis of Comverge (COMV) a company that increases grid reliability for the utility industry.

Description of Business:
Load management, demand response systems for utilities to increase available electric capacity through reduced energy consumption during periods of peak energy demand . Markets itself as a 'clean energy alternative' but that is somewhat of a misnomer, because COMV is in the business of providing grid management & demand response systems . As a result of investments in Virtual Peaking Capacity (VPC) programs (see below), revenue from COMV's Alternative Energy Resources Group has represented an increasing percentage of total revenue, growing from 7% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2004 to 52% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Strategic alliance with Air Products and Chemicals, who has (APD) as a stockholder. The alliance for developing business models to jointly recruit large commercial and industrial customers of Air Products as participants in COMV's Virtual Peaking Capacity (VPC) programs;

For the week of April 16, 2007 Mr Gaskins will be covering the following:
MetroPCS Communications (PCS)
Simcere Pharmaceutical (SCR)
Superior Offshore International (DEEP)


For the week of April 23, 2007 Mr Gaskins will be covering the following:
CardioMEMS (SENS0
Cinemark Holdings (CNK)
EDENOR (END)
Ocean Power Tech (OPTT)
OceanFreight (OCNF)
Orexigen (OREX)