Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc'

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Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.
? Stamford, CT ? Boston, MA ? San Francisco, CA ?
Los Angeles, CA ? San Diego, CA
? New York City ? Long Island ? Buffalo ? Albany
Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.
www.ecsny.com
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ECS
Demand Response An Aggregators Perspective
Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.
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ECS Background

• Full service demand response provider
• Demand response audits
• EMS engineering studies
• Advanced metering technologies
• Founded in 2001
• In response to electric reliability concerns
• Assist New York State in avoiding blackouts

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ECS Experienced Senior Staff

• Marie Pieniazek, VP, Strategic Operations
• Responsibility
• NYISO Market Issues
• Analysis of New Markets
• Former Lead Analyst at NYISO
• Administrator of 750 million capacity market
• Implemented demand curve rules into ICAP Market
• Bob Boyle, VP, Market Development
• Responsibility
• Develops ECS in New Markets
• Former Supervisor at NYISO in Audit Compliance
• Marketing
• Performance and economic consulting to large
  utility generators

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Operation Save New YorkMarket Penetration

• 500 MW actual load taken offline in emergency
• Projected to grow to gt625 MW by summer 2008

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Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.
Demand Response Case Study
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• Participant in Operation Save New York since 2004
• Type of facility
• Paper printing and circulation facility
• Summer on-peak load 2.3 MW

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• Step 1 Identify curtailment ability
• Evaluate the facility - 425,000 sq ft
• Demand response audits
• Energy management system study
• Interfacing with generators
• Lighting
• Printing presses
• Evaluating flexibility upon day ahead notice

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• Step 2 Make preparations for event
• long term
• Identify load that will be curtailed during event
• Identify and overcome obstacles
• Written action plan for staff

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• Step 3 Day ahead notification
• Implementation of action plan
• Internal notification to entire company
• Director of Operations meets with staff
• Discuss at the meeting
• Time start and finish
• Equipment required to shed
• Production schedule
• Use all existing enhancements and sequence
  of operation
• Coordination and communication on channel
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• All announcements on phone for PC shutdown
• Notification to Cafeteria
• Concerns
• Attendance is required for following people and
  departments
•   Director of Operation
• General foreman Electrician
• Chief Operating Engineer
• Production Manager on duty

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• Step 4 Event day
• Shedding of load begins 1 hour before event
  start time
• IT Technician on duty starts
  power down of the following listed PCs
• - Stripping benches
• FMC server and client
• Inserter win links
• Copy machines / printers in control room
• Q/A office HP Designer Jet color proofer IT
  technician powers down PCs / servers
• - Upon completion of power down
  reports to Foreman Electrician on duty
• Operating Engineers
• Shed all chillers and related pumps
• Air Handling Units
• Vacuum pumps
• Minimize down time to the minimum for Compressor
  shutdown, Vacuum pumps
• Start emergency compressor to keep up house
  pressure
• Upon completion report to electrician foreman
  on duty

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• Event day continued
• Electricians
• Check status of all UPSs (Data center, Diamond
  Setters, Honeywell process modules, GUS, House
  UPS)
• Shed high bay lighting
• Mailroom
• Newsprint warehouse
• Drive Through 
• Production Equipment
• Stripping benches 1 and 2
• 1.Buffers
• 2. Unwind Stations Shut
  down touch screens and then power down
• 3. 365 Conveyors
  machines in that order
• 4. Inserters
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• Shut down Life Safety generator.
• After verifying with all involved departments on
  clearance, switch over to emergency power

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• Event day continued
• Make announcement to entire bldg, and on the
  radio.
• Generator Power has been accomplished.
• You can turn your computers back on.
• Copy machines
• Printers
• We will return to Con Ed Power at 6 PM
• Thank you for your continued cooperation
• Verification via secure channel and PA system

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• Step 5 Results
• July 18th 19th, 2006
• Target 128 kW or below
• (i.e. goal is to get down to 128 kW or below)
• Duration at least 4 hours each day

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Performance July 18, 2006
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Performance July 19, 2006
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Benefits of Participation

• for capacity (commitment to curtail)
• for energy (based on price hours)
• NY Post has generated a significant revenue
  stream over past 3 years
• Protects equipment against voltage fluctuations
• Help prevent blackouts
• Environmental benefits
• Interval metering can be used for energy
  management

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New York Postis a proud, long standing
blackout buster!
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