Echelon Corporation to Announce Q3 Earnings on October 11, 2001

To Comply with Federal Regulation FD, Echelon is Providing Notice of Quarterly Earnings Conference Call

(SUNNYVALE, CA - October 5, 2001) - Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) will be holding its quarterly earnings conference call for investors and analysts on October 11, 2001 at 2:00 pm PDT. The earnings announcement itself is scheduled to cross the wire shortly after 1:00 pm PDT. Echelon is sending out this release regarding Q3-2001 only to comply with Federal Regulation FD.

Financial analysts will be notified by fax which toll-free number they should call to access the Q3-2001 conference call. Other interested parties may listen in on the conference call via live Webcast at http://www.echelon.com. Alternatively, the general public may also access the call at 1-800-360-9865; however, due to a limited number of available phone lines, the company asks that only those persons without Web access call this number.

About Echelon Corporation
Echelon Corporation is the creator of the LonWorks® platform, the world's most widely used standard for connecting everyday devices such as appliances, thermostats, air conditioners, electric meters, and lighting systems to each other and to the Internet. Echelon's hardware and software products enable manufacturers and integrators to create smart devices and systems that lower cost, increase convenience, improve service, and enhance productivity, quality, and safety. Thousands of companies have developed and installed more than 16 million LonWorks based devices into homes, buildings, factories, trains, and other systems worldwide.

An American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard, the LonWorks platform provides the infrastructure for some of the world's largest active home networking and energy management projects. Echelon is also a founding member of the LonMark® Interoperability Association, an open industry forum of hundreds of leading manufacturers, integrators, and users dedicated to promoting the use of interoperable LonWorks devices. More information is available at http://www.LonMark.org. Further information regarding Echelon can be found at http://www.echelon.com.

From October 23-24, Echelon and Messe Frankfurt GmbH are holding LonWorld™ 2001, the world's premier conference and tradeshow devoted solely to the LonWorks industry, in Frankfurt, Germany. Further information can be found online at http://www.LonWorldexpo.com.

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Echelon, LonWorks, LonMark, the LonMark logo, and the Echelon logo are trademarks of Echelon Corporation registered in the United States and other countries. Bringing the Internet to Life™ is a trademark of Echelon Corporation. Other marks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information

Press Contacts:
Lyn Balistreri Echelon Corporation 408-938-5202 lbalistreri@echelon.com

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