The SPi Group Inc. (SPi) is a provider of innovative IT solutions that enable evolving energy markets. SPi was created in early 2002 through a corporate merger to facilitate the deregulation of the Ontario electricity market.

SPi's role in that process was to provide transaction clearinghouse services to over 70 retailers and local distribution companies (over 80% of the market by volume). On March 4, 2002, the entire market's IT systems went live simultaneously using SPi's Electronic Business Transaction (EBT) Hub services and spoke integration products to enable market connectivity from end to end. SPi's clearinghouse services in Ontario process approximately 40 million transactions per year, supporting one of the largest deregulated electricity markets in North America.

Since then, SPi's offerings have grown to include retailer managed billing and settlement services for energy market participants, and products and services supporting gas and electricity markets in multiple North American jurisdictions.

Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, SPi is staffed by a team of professionals with expertise in energy market development, custom software development, billing and settlement, transaction management, and market operations.

SPi is a wholly owned subsidiary of ERTH Corporation.

About ERTH Corporation:

ERTH Corporation is a dynamic family of energy companies with a strategic vision to grow and invest in parallel businesses that collectively serve North America’s energy and utility industries. The group’s electricity distribution, services, consulting and software companies service over 180,000 customers in Canada and the United States. For more information, please visit www.erthcorp.com