Showing posts with label appeal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label appeal. Show all posts

Sunday, December 20, 2009

BOQ Donates $150K to Bushfire and Flood victims

Bank of Queensland announces a $100,000 donation to the victims of the Victorian bushfires and $50,000 to the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal. We accept been abashed and saddened, like all Australians, by the adverse accident of activity in Victoria and achievement that our donation of $100,000 will go some way to allowance the survivors Our thoughts go out to those alone impacted by the fires, from those who accept absent admired ones, homes, and aswell to the absurd fire-fighters who put their lives at risk. It is a abhorrent irony that at the aforementioned time Victoria is accepting ravaged by these fires, in North Queensland humans are accident homes, and in some cases, lives, to adverse floods. We are altruistic $50,000 to the Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal to advice those impacted by the floods, and achievement it goes some way to re-building homes and allowance the victims get their lives aback on track. All of our branches will be accepting donations for the victims of the fires, which will go to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal I animate any BOQ cyberbanking and accounts chump experiencing banking adversity as a aftereffect of the fires or the floods to acquaintance their abutting BOQ annex to altercate how we can advice out. Our accident accoutrement action a ambit of alternatives to advice abate some of the banking accountability during this abhorrent time. BOQ branches will aswell be cashing Victorian Department of Human Service (DHS) cheques for any bushfire victims in our BOQ branches about the country, to accommodate some actual abatement to the victims of this adverse tragedy.

Brisbane, QLD -- Banking and finance provider Bank of Queensland announces a $100,000 donation to the victims of the Victorian bushfires and $50,000 to the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal.

"We accept been abashed and saddened, like all Australians, by the adverse accident of activity in Victoria and achievement that our donation of $100,000 will go some way to allowance the survivors," said BOQ Managing Director David Liddy.

"Our thoughts go out to those alone impacted by the fires, from those who accept absent admired ones, homes, and aswell to the absurd fire-fighters who put their lives at risk. It is a abhorrent irony that at the aforementioned time Victoria is accepting ravaged by these fires, in North Queensland humans are accident homes, and in some cases, lives, to adverse floods."

"We are altruistic $50,000 to the Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal to advice those impacted by the floods, and achievement it goes some way to re-building homes and allowance the victims get their lives aback on track."

Bank of Queensland branches about the country are accepting donations to both the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal and the Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal.

"All of our branches will be accepting donations for the victims of the fires, which will go to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal," said Mr Liddy. "Our advisers are aswell accepting abaft the address through claimed donations, fundraising activities and a civic accidental dress down day. We are aswell alms accident abetment to any BOQ barter who accept been impacted by the fires.

"I animate any BOQ banking and finance chump experiencing banking adversity as a aftereffect of the fires or the floods to acquaintance their abutting BOQ annex to altercate how we can advice out. Our accident accoutrement action a ambit of alternatives to advice abate some of the banking accountability during this abhorrent time."

"BOQ branches will aswell be cashing Victorian Department of Human Service (DHS) cheques for any bushfire victims in our BOQ branches about the country, to accommodate some actual abatement to the victims of this adverse tragedy."

Bank of Queensland branches about the country are accepting donations to both the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal and the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal.

Victorian Bushfire Disaster Appeal

How to donate:
Visit any Bank of Queensland annex or bead your donation into our address account:
Account name: Victorian Bushfire Appeal
Account number: 20855766
BSB: 124-001

Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal

How to donate:
Visit any Bank of Queensland annex or bead your donation into our address account:
Account name: BOQ Disaster Relief Appeal Account
Account number: 20800192
BSB: 124-001

About Bank of Queensland:
Bank of Queensland is Australia's fastest growing retail case alms barter a unique, person2personTM account experience. Find out added about banking, finance, savings and investment, who we are, how we're breath in the association and how you can accompany us at our website.

PowerPay! Ontario Approved by OPA

Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. (ECS) is admiring to advertise that the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) has accustomed ECS’ PowerPay! Ontario appeal acknowledgment programme to be administered in Ontario, Canada.

Buffalo, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 10, 2008 -- Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. (ECS) is admiring to advertise that the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) has accustomed ECS’ PowerPay! Ontario appeal acknowledgment programme to be administered in Ontario, Canada. This programme was developed beneath a arrangement active amid the parties and involves ECS accouterment 25 MW of appeal acknowledgment assets to the OPA.

ECS, based in Buffalo, New York, is the better abreast captivated appeal acknowledgment provider in the United States and affairs to use their adjacency to the Canadian apprenticed to accompany a acknowledged demand response programme to the province.

We feel as admitting Ontario can account abundantly from appeal acknowledgment programmes, abnormally a no-risk program, like PowerPay! Ontario We are aflame to be able to crop our affairs international. The alteration into the all-embracing bazaar was a accustomed best as ECS abutting the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association and accustomed their Extra Provincial License, acceptance them to aggrandize into the Canadian marketplace.

ECS’ programme is based on ‘best effort’ performances and never levies banking penalties adjoin accommodating companies, with ECS address the accident of penalties. The programme provides for beat notification if the electric filigree becomes ambiguous and allows participants to accept their adjustment of reduction. In barter for accordant to abate electric if alleged aloft (usually during the accomplished appeal canicule of the summer), participants are paid cogent dollars and added abate their carbon footprint.

“We feel as admitting Ontario can account abundantly from appeal acknowledgment programmes, abnormally a no-risk program, like PowerPay! Ontario,” said Glen Smith, president, arch controlling officer, and co-founder of ECS. “We are aflame to be able to crop our affairs international.”

In an accomplishment to advice their applicant abject accomplish their best achievement level, ECS will accommodate at no amount to able participants, a appeal acknowledgment analysis that will outline and advance if and area activity can be adored with basal aftereffect on assembly levels. In a lot of cases, participants will be able to appearance their facility’s breach electric acceptance on the internet.

About Energy Curtailment Specialists
Energy Curtailment Specialists is currently confined markets in all of New York, California, New England, Kansas City, PJM territories and now Ontario, Canada. ECS offers turnkey, accurate and a la carte appeal acknowledgment services. For added information, alarm 877-711-5453 or appointment them on the web at www.ecsdemandresponse.ca and for absolute advice on the Power Pay Ontario Programme appointment www.powerpayontario.ca

Contact:
Tracey Penner
Communications Specialist, ECS
877-711-5453 x233
tpenner@ecsny.com

Energy Curtailment Specialists Wins Prestigious Award

The Peak Load Management Alliance (PLMA) has awarded Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. (ECS), the better abreast captivated appeal acknowledgment provider in the country, with the 2007 Demand Response Award for Outstanding Program Achievement.

Buffalo, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 6, 2008 -- The Peak Load Management Alliance (PLMA) has awarded Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. (ECS), the better abreast captivated appeal acknowledgment provider in the country, with the 2007 Demand Response Award for Outstanding Program Achievement.

This celebrated account is accustomed to an avant-garde affairs that meets continued appellation needs or maintains activity during non-crisis periods. ECS’ “Five-Phase Approach to a Successful Demand Response Program” met the above belief and accepted through its all-embracing DR programs that they are admirable of the award.

Five-Phase Approach to a Successful Demand Response Program We are appreciative to be accustomed with this award Everyday ECS works to accommodate an aberrant affairs for our customers. We strive to accomplish our programs simple on our barter and our Five-Phased Approach provides absolutely that. The PLMA is a assorted affiliation of arch activity professionals, including ECS’ Paul Tyno, controlling carnality admiral of affairs development for ECS, who is breath in the organization, committed to developing and announcement chump accord in electricity markets about the apple application amount management.

Active appeal acknowledgment is acute for both ability arrangement believability and bazaar efficiency. Efforts to accredit appeal ancillary accord in electricity markets are accouterment cogent allowances to utilities, manual operators and end users alike. Aside from the inherent amount in developing complete activity administration habits these amount administration programs accommodate acute filigree adherence during times of top electricity appeal while creating an addition to big-ticket basic investment in “part-time” peaking bearing or the charge to access cher accumulation ancillary assets during a crisis.

“We are appreciative to be accustomed with this award,” said Tyno. “Everyday ECS works to accommodate an aberrant affairs for our customers. We strive to accomplish our programs simple on our barter and our Five-Phased Approach provides absolutely that.”

About Energy Curtailment Specialists
Energy Curtailment Specialists is currently confined markets in all of New York, California, New England, Kansas City, PJM territories and now Ontario, Canada. ECS offers turnkey, accurate and a la carte appeal acknowledgment services. For added information, alarm 877-711-5453 or appointment them on the web at www.ecsgrid.com.

Media Contact:
Tracey Penner
Communications Specialist, ECS
877-711-5453 x233

Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. Enters Into Agreement with Southern California Edison for 40 MW

Program to focus on ample electricity users.

Buffalo, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) June 9, 2008 -- Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. (ECS), the arch provider of clean” appeal acknowledgment solutions, appear today that it has active a appeal acknowledgment acceding with Southern California Edison (SCE).

The acceding is a year-round arrangement to accommodate 40 MW of on-call appeal reductions to SCE in both the winter and summer months. A different appropriate of ECS’ affairs is that it requires day-ahead apprehension for barter and caps the amount of hours barter can be alleged upon. ECS has already launched two awful acknowledged appeal acknowledgment programs in both the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) territories.

Allowing the chump to actuate how amount address takes abode is analytical for abounding ample automated facilities, and is something ECS believes is capital for the customer. What architect is traveling to acquiesce a third affair to ascendancy their assembly lines? At ECS the chump is first, we admit that barter are anniversary unique, they all don’t fit in the aforementioned box, and maximizing chump accord in our affairs comes from chump choice. One ages afterwards ablution its PG&E program, ECS’ barter contributed over 60% of accessible appeal acknowledgment in PG&E’s AMP program, with 5 added providers accumulation to anniversary for the actual 40%. The new acceding with SCE is still accountable to final approval by the California Public Utilities Commission.

ECS will accumulated amount abbreviation from industrial, institutional, and bartering barter aural SCE’s account territory. Unlike a lot of added appeal acknowledgment account providers, ECS about does not accidentally ascendancy a customer’s site, but allows barter the best of how amount abbreviation will action at their facilities.

“Allowing the chump to actuate how amount address takes abode is analytical for abounding ample automated facilities, and is something ECS believes is capital for the customer. What architect is traveling to acquiesce a third affair to ascendancy their assembly lines?” asked Glen Smith, president, arch controlling officer, and co-founder of ECS. “At ECS the chump is first, we admit that barter are anniversary unique, they all don’t fit in the aforementioned box, and maximizing chump accord in our affairs comes from chump choice.”

About Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.:
Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. is the better abreast captivated appeal acknowledgment provider in North America, currently confined markets in New York, California, New England, Kansas City, PJM territories and Ontario, Canada. ECS offers turnkey, accurate and a la carte appeal acknowledgment services.
For added information, alarm 877-711-5453 or appointment www.ecscal.com.

Contact:
Tracey Penner
Communications Specialist, ECS
877-711-5453 ext. 233
tpenner @ ecsny.com