Exhibit 99.1

POWERSECURE ADDS $20 MILLION IN NEW BUSINESS

WAKE FOREST, N.C. – February 20, 2014 – PowerSecure International, Inc. (NYSE: POWR) today announced it has been awarded approximately $20 million of new business.

The new business awards include approximately $7 million of new turnkey distributed generation (DG) business, approximately $7 million of additional utility infrastructure (UI) business and approximately $6 million in new energy efficiency (EE) sales.

The $7 million in new DG awards include a major hospital project and turnkey DG projects for data centers, industrial sites, waste water treatment facilities and retailers.

The $7 million in new UI awards include substation, transmission and distribution work for ongoing utility system maintenance and construction projects, including anticipated near term transmission work for the large new utility relationship which was announced in November 2013.

The $6 million in new EE awards include projects to serve our large ESCO customers by implementing energy efficiency improvements at several federal facilities and public school locations.

“We are pleased to see continued strength in new order activity across all three of our product and service areas,” said Sidney Hinton, chief executive officer of PowerSecure.

About PowerSecure

PowerSecure International, Inc. is a leading provider of utility and energy technologies to electric utilities, and their industrial, institutional and commercial customers. PowerSecure provides products and services in the areas of energy efficiency, distributed generation, and utility infrastructure. The company is a pioneer in developing Interactive Distributed Generation^® (IDG^®) power systems with sophisticated smart grid capabilities, including the ability to 1) forecast electricity demand and electronically deploy the systems to deliver more efficient and environmentally friendly power at peak times, 2) provide utilities with firm capacity to utilize for demand response and 3) provide customers with the most dependable standby power in the industry. Its proprietary distributed generation system designs utilize a range of technologies to deliver power, including renewables.

The company’s energy efficiency business develops efficient LED lighting technologies that improve the quality of light, including its proprietary EfficientLights^® LED lighting products for grocery, drug and convenience stores, and its SecureLite and PowerLite street lights for utilities and municipalities. PowerSecure’s utility infrastructure team provides electric utilities with transmission and distribution infrastructure maintenance and construction services, and engineering and regulatory consulting services. Additional information is available at www.powersecure.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are all statements other than statements of historical facts, including but not limited to statements concerning the plans, intentions, expectations, projections, hopes, beliefs, objectives, goals and strategies of management, including statements about other future financial and non-financial items, performance or events and about present and future products, services, technologies and businesses; and statements of assumptions underlying the foregoing.

Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed, projected or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, the slow pace of the economic recovery and the volatility, uncertainty and inconsistency in the financial and credit markets and the effects thereof on the company’s markets and customers, the demand for its products and services, and the company’s access to capital; the size, timing and terms of sales and orders, including the company’s revenue backlog, and the risk of customers delaying, deferring or canceling purchase orders or making smaller purchases than expected; the potential adverse financial and reputational consequences that can result from safety risks and hazards such as accidents inherent in the company’s operations; the impact of the company’s recent acquisitions; the company’s ability to reduce and control its costs and expenses; the timely and successful development, production and market acceptance of new and enhanced products, services and technologies of the company; the ability of the company to obtain adequate supplies of key components and materials of sufficient reliability and quality for its products and technologies on a timely and cost-effective basis and the effects of related warranty claims and disputes; the ability of the company to successfully expand its core distributed generation products and services, to successfully develop and achieve market acceptance of its new energy-related businesses, to successfully expand its recurring revenue projects, to manage its growth and to address the effects of any future changes in utility tariff structures and environmental requirements on its business solutions; the effects of competition; changes in customer and industry demand and preferences; the ability of the company to continue the growth and diversification of its customer base; the ability of the company to attract, retain, and motivate its executives and key personnel; changes in the energy industry in general and the electricity, oil, and natural gas markets in particular, including price levels; the effects of competition; the ability of the company to secure and maintain key contracts and relationships; the effects of pending and future litigation, claims and disputes; and other risks, uncertainties and other factors identified from time to time in its reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as subsequently filed reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, copies of which may be obtained by visiting the investor relations page of the company’s website at www.powersecure.com or the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Accordingly, there is no assurance that the results expressed, projected or implied by any forward-looking statements will be achieved, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and are based on the current plans, goals, objectives, strategies, intentions, expectations and assumptions of, and the information currently available to, management. The company assumes no duty or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason, whether as the result of changes in expectations, new information, future events, conditions or circumstances or otherwise.

Contact:

John Bluth

(919) 453-2103

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