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June 22, 2009

Quinn Gillespie & Associates Announces New Client: Satcon Joins Growing Roster of Green Technology Companies

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Quinn Gillespie & Associates (QGA), one of Washington, D.C.’s top public affairs firms, providing government and strategic public relations services to a diverse group of leading corporations, coalitions, trade associations and foreign governments, announced today the signing of a new client, Satcon Technology Corporation.

Satcon develops innovative power conversion solutions and provides system design services for utility-scale renewable energy plants. Featuring the widest range of power ratings in the industry, Satcon inverters provide the critical bridge between clean energy sources and large-scale power grids, helping companies meet the rising demand for clean energy with unparalleled efficiency and profitably and helping to increase the reliability of the grid through power electronics.

QGA will provide Satcon with government relations counsel related to the development of clean energy projects for utilities, the federal government, state governments, municipalities, and the military and to the development of standards, controls and protocols managing the flow of electricity produced from clean energy sources on the grid.

QGA’s Patrick Von Bargen, former Chief of Staff to Senator Jeff Bingaman, will be managing this account. Patrick brings together new players in the innovation economy, as well as established energy and environmental interests, and the policy makers in the legislative and executive branches of the federal and state government who will be spending a great deal of time resolving the challenges we face in the energy area and in preserving our environment.

Satcon joins a roster of startup firms using venture capital to develop clean energy technology. QGA also represents large industrial users of energy and major universities doing research into the next generation of energy.

Quinn Gillespie & Associates (QGA) is one of Washington, D.C.’s top public affairs firms, providing government and strategic public relations services to a diverse group of leading corporations, coalitions, trade associations and foreign governments.

The QGA team brings a bipartisan, multi-disciplinary approach to helping clients successfully manage public affairs challenges. QGA professionals have served both Democratic and Republican Majority Leaders as well as Presidents Clinton and Bush and are experienced in political campaigns, corporate proxy fights and critical legislative battles. For more information about the firm, visit www.qga.com.