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Industrial Demand Response is Booming: Residential Isn’t

Pike Research released a report early this year entitled “Demand Response for Industrial Markets.” The report examines the crucial role the industrial sector plays in successful demand response (DR) markets. DR providers and utilities are targeting the commercial and industrial (C&I) sector specifically to assist in balancing demand on the electric grid in times of [...]

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Energy Curtailment Specialists Focused for New York State Re-Launch

April 19, 2013 No Comment

Energy Curtailment Specialists (ECS) is pleased to announce it is refocusing efforts on the Empire State once again for the 2013 summer season. ECS enters its 13th year of providing demand response for New York businesses and property managers, resulting in over $150 million of energy reduction payments nationwide. Now with over 200 employees at [...]

Get Smart: Are Smart Meters Getting a Bad Rap?

November 28, 2012 No Comment

With the vulnerability of the US electric grid making headlines after Superstorm Sandy, it is obvious to just about every American that our electric grid is in serious need of an upgrade. A recent study released yesterday by the National Institute for Science, Law & Public Policy, “Getting Smarter About the Smart Grid,” questions whether [...]

Energy Companies BidURenergy and Energy Curtailment Specialists to Spur Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts

November 15, 2012 1 Comment

Newly Enrolled ECS’ Powerpay! and BUE Powerpit! Customers Will Help to Contribute to Hurricane Sandy Victims In Times Of Great Need Buffalo, NY – November 15, 2012 – Energy Curtailment Specialists (ECS), one of the nation’s largest and longest-tenured demand response providers, alongside their sister company, BidURenergy (BUE), one of the most experienced energy consulting [...]

Residential Demand Response

November 2, 2012 No Comment

By working at Energy Curtailment Specialists, the country’s largest privately-owned demand response (DR) provider, it’s pretty common knowledge that our industry continues to strengthen. Year-after-year we have seen continued growth; we track our increased presence in our current territories, become active in projects that were too big to grasp in the past, and we keep [...]

Public Transportation Soars as Gas Prices Continue to Rise

April 9, 2012 No Comment

Let’s face it. Public transportation is not our favorite way of getting around. The inconvenience of waiting, all of the germs, and that creepy man in the back of the subway train talking to himself will certainly deter most people from this form of transit. But the rising cost of gas is changing all of [...]

FERC Approves New Rules for PJM Demand Response

March 7, 2012 No Comment

On February 24th the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved changes to the PJM Demand Response program. These changes will have a significant impact on the way the program works this coming summer and beyond. In a nutshell, the changes relate to the manner in which performance is measured under the program. Energy Curtailment Specialists, [...]