Fact Sheet
Company Statistics:
● Founded in 2001 as a two man operation, and since evolved into the leading authority on
demand response in North America
● Ranked #1 out of about 40 demand response providers in New York in terms of electric load
under contract
● Within 60 days, ECS acquired 65% of all aggregator load in PG&E’s program, despite
competing with 5 other demand response service providers
● Over 100 employees and contractors
● Advisory team includes William Flynn, former NY PSC chairman and Paul Afonso, former
chairman of Massachusetts Board of Public Utilities
● More than 1,000 megawatts of demand response reduction under contract in its programs
● Approximately 3,000 megawatts of peak electric load under contract
Locations:
Buffalo, NY (Headquarters)
Albany, NY
Boston, MA
San Francisco, CA
Kansas City, MO
Fort Erie, Canada
Markets:
New York
New England
PJM Territories
California
Kansas City
Ontario, Canada
Customers:
● End-user customers, including:
Manufacturers
Hotels
Schools, colleges, universities
Commercial office buildings
Water treatment facilities
Casinos
Healthcare facilities and hospitals
Not-for-profits
Museums
● Electric Utilities
● Grid Operators
Services:
● Administration of demand response programs directly to end-users
● Creator of the "5-Phased Approach to Demand Response":
1 Program Design
2 Marketing & Enrollment
3 Pre-event Assessment & Readiness
4 Event Activations
5 Post-event Analysis & Public Communication
Technology:
Hardware
● Advanced metering
Communicates with multiple physical standards:
― Cellnet, VPM, modem link, wireless Wi-Fi, broadband, intranet and WAN
Direct load control capability
POWEROUTLOOK© Metering Software
● Interfaces with current automated building management system
● Flexible standard protocol:
Modbus-RTU, Lonworks, XML-SOAP, JAVA, BACNet
● Bidirectional and multiple layer communications
● Historical trending capability – 365 days
● Advanced reporting functionality
● Flexible to meet specific needs in facility
● Accessible through standard internet browser
● No proprietary software required
● PowerScape software available as well
PowerPay! OpNet© Operations & Networking Center
● Remote monitoring of assets
● Fully redundant
● Secure connections
● Remote direct load control capabilities
Qualifications & Elected Memberships:
Responsible Interface Party – New York ISO
Registered Demand Response Provider – ISO New England
Certified Demand Response Aggregator- State of California
Curtailment Services Provider – PJM Interconnection
Demand Response 3 Program Aggregator – Ontario Power Authority
Elected Member, National Energy Regulatory Commission (NERC) Planning Committee
Chairman, New York ISO Price Responsive Load Working Group
