How does ECS get paid?
Your agreement in advance to curtail power or utilize your generator is actually a commodity that is bought and sold through various NYISO markets. ECS, as the States’ largest curtailment provider, is approved and authorized by the NYISO to participate in its markets. Very simply, ECS “buys” your commitment to curtail and in turn “sells” it via these markets. Each year we analyze the market and project where it will clear. This information is then used to establish a dollar amount per kW (kilowatt) that ECS will pay its participants for their curtailment and also to project a small percentage profit for itself. If the market clears lower than projected ECS has assumed that risk you are still paid your contracted amount; no ifs, ands, or opt-out clauses about it!
