ERL East River Landing

1199 East River Landing
Demand Response Project
LC Associates
34 W 32nd Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Ph: 212 - 579 - 4236
Fax: 646 - 349 - 2928
www.cutone.org

WHAT?
ConEdison and the New York Independent System Operator
(NYISO) will pay customers to temporarily reduce energy use
during times of high electric demand.
The New York State Energy Research and Development
Authority NYSERDA will pay customers to install control
systems to automate a temporary reduction in energy use
during times of high electric demand. LC Associates has
secured $899,000 to offset the cost of installing a dependable
wireless control system at East River Landing.

WHY?
ConEdison is required by law to provide New York City with
electricity on demand.
Typical Electric Usage in Summer
Peak time of day
Off Peak
Off Peak
9AM 1PM 7PM 9PM
New York City’s highest demand for electricity, occurs for a
short period of time lasting about 4 hours during weekdays
in the summer. Power plants in the State of New York and
elsewhere are turned on and left running on idle during all
other times, which caused unnecessary pollution and cost to
rate payers.
As demand for electricity in New York City grows and older
power plants such as Indian Point come offline, New York
City will then have to build expensive and polluting power
plants within the city limits which will sit idle and wait to make
electricity for only a short amount of time when demand for
electricity is high.

WHY?
A better solution!
Rather than build a new
pollution contributing and
expensive power plant in
New York City, The State
of New York would rather
pay electric use customers
to temporarily reduce their
demand for electricity
during this time.
This New York State run program
is called the “Demand Response”
Program. When ConEdison or
the NYISO asks customers to
temporarily reduce their energy
consumption, it is referred to as a
“Curtailment Event”. Curtailment
Events only occur during the
weekdays typically from 1pm
to 6pm and can last from 1 to 4
hours max.
ConEdison is allowed to call a maximum of 6 curtailment
events per season but rarely calls more than 1 curtailment
event per year. Conedison or the NYISO only give 24 hours
notice! When one participates in a Curtailment Event they are
“Curtailing” or in the act of “Curtailment”.

HOW?
Most users who participate in the
Demand Response Program do
so in a manual fashion. Demand
Response Program participants
would typically manually shut off
lights, turn on generators, or shut
equipment that may not be needed.
If users curtail, they are paid based
upon the amount of curtailment. If
users do not curtail at all, they will
not get paid for the current and
subsequent season!
Historically most curtailment
events occur during hot summer
weather around holidays
or when users may be short
staffed. As a result users may
not curtail, or may not curtail to
their fullest potential leading to
reliability issues and ConEdison
cannot fully rely on users that
merely just agree or pledge to
curtail.
In order to address the reliability issue, New York State via
NYSERDA has offered to pay to offset the cost of installing
automatic curtailment controls into buildings. These control
systems are called Automatic Demand Response systems or
ADR systems for short. By installing an ADR system, users
can automatically curtail their discretionary electric loads at a
moment’s notice even when they are short-staffed or are in
the middle of a holiday week!

The case for 1199
East River Landing
Given that ERL
demonstrated that it
could curtail 1,000 kW
voluntarily and in a
manual fashion.
LC Associates
was able to secure
$899,000 in a onetime
cash payment
from ConEdison to
offset the cost of an
Automated Demand
Response (ADR)
system that could also
be leveraged for other
future applications such as
security and alarms.
1199 East River Landing has
participated in the Demand
Response Program for a
number of years but has only
been able to curtail about
200kW by shutting down
equipment in their common
areas. LC Associates was
hired by ERL to evaluate
their potential to increase
the amount of pledged kW
they could deliver into the
Demand Response Program
and found that the maximum
kW that could be curtailed for
a short period of time was in the
vicinity of 1,700kW.
ERL later engaged LC Associates,
an authorized Curtailment Service
Provider (CSP) to manage ERL’s
Demand Response Program. A
pilot project was implemented
where the shareholders were
invited to participate in the
Demand Response program by
shutting down their air conditioners
during the curtailment event in
addition to curtailing only the
common areas, and the result
was that ERL curtailed over
1,000kW!

Design for
East River Landing
Wireless Controller
in each floor
Security Cameras
Sprinklers
DATA RISERS
AC Controllers
ADR
Smoke Detectors
Flood Alarms
Internet Cloud
(First Floor)
Phase 1
ADR
Security Settings
Phase 2
Other Systems
A main wireless controller for each floor will be installed in
the janitors closets and will be able to communicate to the
switches in each of the apartments on their respective floors.
The controllers will be initially designed for Demand Response
protocols but can be leveraged for other future controls as
well such as alarms and lighting controls.

Design for
East River Landing
Given that the ADR system would have some of its wireless
devices in the apartments of the shareholders, LC Associates
has designed an aesthetically pleasing wirelessly controlled
high power switch sized specifically for the largest air
conditioner that would be found in a shareholders apartment.
The switch will have the following features:
One non-switched dual
110Volt outlet with a courtesy
USB charging station.
One low power z-wave
wireless switch driving a
high powered 30 Amp relay
for the air
One 220V or 110V air
conditioner outlet which will
be a replacement in kind to
what is existing.
One snubber circuit to
protect the relay contactors
and also extend the life of
the outlets.

Design for
East River Landing
Communication will consist of two Power over Ethernet (PoE) data risers
in each building. The Risers will incorporate a network hub on each floor
that will communicate to the z-wave controllers and also provide them
with power. This greatly reduces the cost of the installation as many of
the janitors closets do not have working electric outlets and a PoE system
does not require them so they are not necessary.
The PoE system will also be able to support PoE enabled video cameras
and other similar equipment for which ERL is planning on installing next
year. By participating in this Demand Management Program, ERL will
greatly reduce its cost of installing video cameras and other devices since
the backbone will be existing and paid for through the NYSERDA program.
Software control will be the most intensive task for this project and LC
Associates has designed an algorithm that will be executed and deployed
as soon as ERL gives final notice to proceed with this project. The
Software platform will consist of a configuration panel that will categorize
each apartment as participating, partially participating, or not participating.
Curtailment events will be broadcast via email and text in addition to
telephone calls and any modifications in regards to opting in or out will be
done by automatically via software and supervised via a human operator.

FINANCIAL
BENEFITS
$60
Per controlled AC per season
45%
Participation rate
Daily weekday
load
4 H
ERL can expect to
save $120,000 per
year in electric costs
Participation in
Demand Response Program
is expected to generate
between $70,000 and
$130,000 annually
$220,000
TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUE FOR THIS PROJECT
Monthly Electric Savings 18,333
Service Charge for Project 7,500
Net MONTHLY Savings 10,500
1.26M
Savings over the
life of the Project
The total implementation of the project after the cash
payment from NYSERDA is applied, is 900K
LCA will finance the entire project
through a Shared Savings Agreement with 1199 ERL
where the balance will be repaid through savings over
10 years and can be a service charge to your electric
or gas bill.

CRITICAL
Project Schedule
JAN 16
MAR
1-30
Order materials 6
week lead time,
begin developing
software portal,
install data risers.
Complete assembly
of wireless control
panels and ship to
customer site
APR
1-15
Begin testing of
mockup apartment
installations
APR 1-
MAY 15
MAY 15-
JUNE 1
Install wireless
controls in all
participating
apartments.
Complete ADR
control programming
and commission
system
JUNE 1
START
Deadline or forfeit for
cash

Frequently Asked
Questions
How will we know
who participates?
What if someone
wants to opt-in or
out of the program?
What is Z-Wave?
When will my air
conditioner be
cycled off?
Who will manage
the ADR system?
The z-wave controllers will keep track of who
participates or not through the software portal.
Shareholdres will get 24 hours notice of a
curtailment event. If they were opted in and
want to opt out or viceversa, they could reply
by email, text or phone and they will be opted
out.
Z-Wave is a wireless standard incorporation,
an Interest of Things (IoT) topology. The
Z-wave technology is in many household
items such as controls security systems and
appliances. It allows these devices to talk
to each other. This is an open standard and
allows us to mix and match equipment from
different vendors.
If a tenant participates in the daily load
reduction program, their air conditioner will
be typically cycled off from 12pm to 4pm
weekdays and those times may be adjusted.
If a tenant participates in the Demand
Response Program, then they will receive 24
hours notice and their air conditioners will be
shut off for 1 to 4 hours during a weekday,
typically between 12 and 4 pm for a maximum
of 6 times per year.
LC Associates will maintain a database of
users and a custom software cloud based
platform will be used to configure, supervise
and control the system.
Can I participate
for less than 4 Yes tenants can participate for 15 minute
hours in a daily or minimums.
demand response
curtailment?