Mike Hopkins Joins Ice Energy as EVP & General Counsel

WINDSOR, Colo., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Ice Energy, a leading provider of advanced energy storage solutions to the electric utility industry, today announced the appointment of Mike Hopkins as Executive Vice President and General Counsel.

With nearly three decades of experience in both private legal practice and entrepreneurial environments, the addition of Hopkins to Ice Energy's senior management team underscores the company's commitment to developing and deploying utility-scale energy storage projects.

"As engagements with utility customers have moved rapidly to large-scale system deployment, it was critical that we strengthen our executive team with in-house legal counsel of the highest integrity and experience," said Frank Ramirez, CEO of Ice Energy. "Mike is focused on closing a significant pipeline of business opportunities, and was instrumental in securing our recent 53-Megawatt agreement with the Southern California Public Power Authority. His business acumen and emotional IQ will prove critical as we build out our strategic partner network to deliver our transformational solution in the domestic and global utility markets."

Hopkins previously was a Partner in the pre-eminent Canadian law firm Bennett Jones LLP, recognized internationally as a leader in the fields of energy and climate change. During his tenure with the firm, he specialized in the development and financing of power projects, served on the firm's Executive Committee and led their Utilities Group, International Group and Independent Power Group.

Hopkins left the Bennett Jones in 2002 to serve as CEO of a private datacenter developer. He later co-founded a geospatial information services company, Terra Image USA, and has assisted and advised several early stage start-up companies, including Ice Energy.

"I've been a long-time believer in Ice Energy's technology and its product offerings," said Hopkins.  "By providing the utility industry a powerful, cost-effective solution that revolutionizes peak load management, the company has the potential to fundamentally transform energy system efficiency and grid reliability at a time when it is critically important. Today, it is poised to achieve significant market growth, and I am excited to join the Ice Energy team at this critical stage of the company's growth."

Hopkins holds a B.A. and a law degree from the University of Ottawa, an M.A. (Law and Economics) from the University of Miami, and an MBA from the University of Alberta.

ABOUT ICE ENERGY

Ice Energy delivers distributed energy storage and smart grid solutions for transforming energy system efficiency and improving grid reliability.

The company's smart grid platform integrates revolutionary distributed energy storage technology with an advanced software infrastructure and intelligent two-way control to provide utilities with a powerful, cost-effective solution that fundamentally changes peak load management, and improves integration of intermittent, renewable resources onto the grid.

By leveraging the higher efficiencies associated with generating and transmitting power off-peak, storing it at thousands of distributed locations, and dispatching it during times of peak demand, Ice Energy's distributed energy storage system represents a transformational new energy solution for the industry.

The company is headquartered in Windsor, Colorado, with offices in Lake Forest and Sacramento, California. For more information, visit www.ice-energy.com.

SOURCE Ice Energy