Comverge provides demand management software and systems to electric utilities and other energy suppliers and sells automated meters and related equipment with communications links. The company's products are used to manage energy by more than 500 utilities and energy providers, as well as some 2,100 commercial and industrial customers. Its products include software and hardware that help control energy load, read meters remotely, manage billing, and detect theft and outages. Comverge partners with smart metering, facilities, and temperature control firms such as Digi International, Elster, and White-Rodgers. H.I.G. Capital owns the company.