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1. A computer implemented system for demand management in an energy supply network, the system being a computer configured to:
- a. receive a price offer from an energy retailer, the price offer including;
(1) a consumption change requirement representing a change in energy consumption requested of energy consumers, and(2) an offered price representing value to be given to the energy consumers in return for the required consumption change;
b. receive consumption offers from several energy consumers, each consumption offer including;
(1) a consumption change offer representing energy consumption limitations that an energy consumer would accept for one or more energy-consuming devices, and(2) a price requirement representing value required by the energy consumer in return for the energy consumption limitations;
c. produce an aggregated consumption offer from selected consumption offers wherein;
(1) the sum of the price requirements of the selected consumption offers is less than or equal to the offered price of the price offer, and(2) the sum of the consumption change offers is greater than or equal to the consumption change requirement of the price offer;
d. control one or more energy-consuming devices of the energy consumers who submitted the selected consumption offers, whereby these energy-consuming devices meet the energy consumption limitations of the consumption change offer.
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Abstract
A computer implemented system and method for demand management in an energy supply network including aggregation of energy use modification offers from energy consumers in order to meet value offers from energy suppliers.
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1. A computer implemented system for demand management in an energy supply network, the system being a computer configured to:
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a. receive a price offer from an energy retailer, the price offer including; (1) a consumption change requirement representing a change in energy consumption requested of energy consumers, and (2) an offered price representing value to be given to the energy consumers in return for the required consumption change; b. receive consumption offers from several energy consumers, each consumption offer including; (1) a consumption change offer representing energy consumption limitations that an energy consumer would accept for one or more energy-consuming devices, and (2) a price requirement representing value required by the energy consumer in return for the energy consumption limitations; c. produce an aggregated consumption offer from selected consumption offers wherein; (1) the sum of the price requirements of the selected consumption offers is less than or equal to the offered price of the price offer, and (2) the sum of the consumption change offers is greater than or equal to the consumption change requirement of the price offer; d. control one or more energy-consuming devices of the energy consumers who submitted the selected consumption offers, whereby these energy-consuming devices meet the energy consumption limitations of the consumption change offer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for demand management in an energy supply network including the steps of:
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a. collecting, with a processor, price offers from energy retailers, each price offer including; (1) a consumption change requirement representing a change in energy consumption requested of energy consumers, and (2) an offered price representing value to be given to the energy consumers in return for the required consumption change; b. collecting, with the processor, consumption offers from energy consumers, each consumption offer including; (1) a consumption change offer representing energy consumption limitations that an energy consumer would accept for one or more energy-consuming devices, and (2) a price requirement representing value required by the energy consumer in return for the energy consumption limitations; c. aggregating, with the processor, consumption offers from one or more selected energy consumers such that; (1) the sum of the consumption change offers is at least as great as the consumption change requirement, and (2) the offered price is at least as great as the sum of the price requirements; d. controlling, with the processor, the energy-consuming devices of one or more of the selected energy consumers who submitted the selected consumption offers, such that the energy-consuming devices meet the energy consumption limitations of the consumption change offer. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A hub device computer configured to:
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a. receive energy usage data from an energy-consuming device; b. receive energy cost data characterizing the cost of energy used by the energy-consuming device at the time of usage; c. receive a consumption offer from an energy consumer, the consumption offer including; (1) a consumption change offer representing energy consumption limitations that the energy consumer would accept for the energy-consuming device, and (2) a price requirement representing value required by the energy consumer in return for the energy consumption limitations; d. receive a price offer from an energy retailer, the price offer including; (1) a consumption change requirement representing a change in energy consumption requested of energy consumers, and (2) an offered price representing value to be given to the energy consumers in return for the required consumption change; e. produce an aggregated consumption offer from selected consumption offers which have; (1) price requirements whose sum is less than or equal to the offered price of the price offer, and (2) consumption change offers whose sum is greater than or equal to the consumption change requirement of the price offer; f. monitor the power consumption of the energy-consuming device for compliance with the consumption change offer of the energy consumer'"'"'s consumption offer; g. at least partially control the operation of the energy-consuming device to meet the consumption change offer of the energy consumer'"'"'s consumption offer, whereby the device'"'"'s cost of energy usage is reduced. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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