2Scents wrote-“First please explain, how come does one make back the money by signing up an additional 12 people? I thought that Ambit is here to save money.”
Ambit will save you money as a consumer of electricity. You will save about 10% of your supply charges (electricity used).
If you refer 15 customers to Ambit, Ambit will send you a check for their average electricty payments every month.
If you want to take this a step further and actually make money, then you sign up as a consultant and pay a fee. You then refer other people and that is where the MLM comes about.
About your other point, that person must have done some other shtick to warrant that. I dont know any details to comment.