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Method and apparatus for actively managing electric power over an electric power grid

  • US 10,088,859 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2014
  • Issued: 10/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for managing power on an electric power grid that is constructed and configured for supplying and receiving power to and from a multiplicity of sources, where the power flows to a plurality of power consuming devices or is generated by a plurality of power generation and storage solutions that are energized, de-energized, and/or power-reduced by a plurality of controllable devices, the system comprising:

  • a server comprising a command processor operable to receive or initiate power control commands and issue power control event messages responsive thereto, at least one of the power control commands requiring a reduction of an amount of electric power consumed by the plurality of power consuming devices;

    an event manager operable to receive the power control event messages, maintain at least one power management status relating to each client device and issue power control event instructions requiring a reduction of a specified amount of electric power responsive to the power control event messages;

    a database for storing information including an amount of power consumed by each of the plurality of power consuming devices and an amount of power to be reduced to each of the plurality of power consuming devices;

    wherein the server generates a power supply value (PSV) for each of the plurality of power consuming devices based on the amount of power consumed by each of the plurality of power consuming devices and the amount of power to be reduced to each of the plurality of power consuming devices, wherein the PSV is a monetary supply equivalent value based on measurement and verification, and wherein the PSV provides for a curtailment value as a supply to the electric power grid;

    a client device manager in communication with the event manager and the database, the client device manager selecting from the database, based on the PSV for each of the plurality of power consuming devices, at least one client device to which to issue at least one power control message, the at least one power control message configured to indicate at least one of an amount of electric power to be reduced and identify at least one controllable device to be instructed to disable a flow of electric power or reduce settings corresponding to power consumption to one or more associated power consuming devices; and

    a device control manager in communication with the at least one controllable device via a controllable device interface for issuing at least one power control instruction to the at least one controllable device responsive to the at least one power control message received from the client device manager.

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