Atlantic Cape Community College Proves they are Committed to Reduce their Carbon Footprint by Signing an Agreement with North America's Leading Demand Response Provider.
January 30, 2012 (MMD Newswire) -- Atlantic Cape Community College has discovered the financial and environmental benefits of enrolling in a demand response program with Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. (ECS).
ECS, the longest tenured demand response provider in North America, is proud to announce that Atlantic Cape Community College has made ECS their official demand response provider. Not only is Atlantic Cape Community College committed to helping ECS spread the awareness of the benefits of demand response, the energy they are planning to curtail will have a profound effect on the local environment. By enrolling in ECS' PowerPay! Demand Response Program, Atlantic Cape Community College has committed to reducing their electrical usage during times of grid instability. Through the Green Roots Initiative, ECS will donate trees to one of America's national forests on behalf of Atlantic Cape Community College for enrolling in one of their programs.
"Atlantic Cape Community College has worked hard over the past few years to find more efficient, less costly ways to provide a comfortable working and learning environment at its campuses," commented Dr. Richard Perniciaro, dean of facilities, planning and research at Atlantic Cape. "The college has updated its equipment by using modular systems to be more flexible, which allows the college to run only the equipment required depending on the weather. The ability to reduce Atlantic Cape's energy usage when needed to help the region, while still providing adequate comfort at peak times, fulfills Atlantic Cape's commitment to be good stewards of the environment while keeping costs under control."
ECS continues to be the leading authority on demand response and the largest, privately held full-service demand response provider in North America. Since its inception in 2001, ECS has experienced considerable growth and now represents over 10,000 customers nationwide. PowerPay! participants are paid for agreeing to voluntarily reduce electric consumption for a short period of time during critical periods of demand. Participants are typically asked to decrease their electricity usage only when the electric grid is strained and in need of help to avoid brownouts or blackouts.
"We are extremely pleased to have Atlantic Cape Community College as an ECS customer," remarked Jim Korczykowski, President of ECS, "they will now begin to see significant payments without exposing themselves to any risk whatsoever. Clearly, Atlantic Cape Community College is serious about reducing their carbon footprint and increasing grid stability within their community."
Atlantic Cape Community College is a comprehensive, two-year college offering flexible, affordable learning for students of all ages. Atlantic Cape serves residents of Atlantic and Cape May counties at three full-service campuses in Mays Landing, Atlantic City and Cape May Court House. The state-of-the-art Cape May County Campus opened in August 2005. The Worthington Atlantic City Campus is home to the Casino Career Institute, which includes a mock casino floor and slot machines, and the Health Professions Institute, where students train for careers in allied and auxiliary health fields. The Mays Landing Campus, which encompasses 541 acres in New Jersey's picturesque Pinelands, houses several academic buildings, the Academy of Culinary Arts with eight training kitchens and a full-service gourmet restaurant, and will be the site of a new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math building.
Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.is an energy management team that responds to stresses on the electric grid by working with its customers to reduce electric usage during temporary critical times. ECS has been identified by JP Morgan as a Top 100 Green Company in North America and has been recognized in the INC. 500/5000 list. ECS is one of the largest demand response service providers in North America with more than 10,000 customers participating in its programs across the United States and Canada. ECS currently has more than 2,000 megawatts of demand response reduction with an estimated peak electric load of 5,000 megawatts under contract in its programs. For more information, please visit www.ecsgrid.com or call 877-711-5453.