Systems and methods for determining and utilizing customer energy profiles for load control for individual structures, devices, and aggregation of same
First Claim
1. A method for determining and using customer energy profiles to manage electrical load control events on a communications network between a server in communication with an electric grid operator or any market participant associated with an electric grid and a client device at each of a plurality of service points, comprising the steps of:
- generating, at the server, a customer profile for each of a plurality of customers including at least energy consumption information for each of a plurality of controllable energy consuming devices at an associated service point;
storing the plurality of customer profiles in a database at the server for use in electrical load control events;
aggregating the plurality of customer profiles into a plurality of groups based on at least one predetermined criterion;
generating, at the server, a candidate list of service points for electrical load control events based on the at least one predetermined criterion;
sending a load control event to at least one selected service point in the candidate list of service points in response to an energy reduction request including a target energy savings received from the electric grid operator or any market participant associated with an electric grid via the communications network;
generating a power supply value (PSV) at each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices of the at least one selected service point, wherein each PSV is based on a reduction in consumed power resulting from the load control event with measurement and verification, wherein the PSV provides a curtailment value as a supply presented to and accepted by a governing entity for awarding each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices supply equivalence, wherein the PSV is provided in units of monetary equivalent;
receiving the PSV at the server;
determining, at the server, an energy consumption pattern for each of the at least one selected service point based on the PSV;
determining, at the server, if resulting energy savings from the energy consumption pattern are at least equal to the target energy savings.
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Abstract
A system and method for creating and making use of customer profiles, including energy consumption patterns. Devices within a service point, using the active load director, may be subject to control events, often based on customer preferences. These control events cause the service point to use less power. Data associated with these control events, as well as related environment data, are used to create an energy consumption profile for each service point. This can be used by the utility to determine which service points are the best targets for energy consumption. In addition, an intelligent load rotation algorithm determines how to prevent the same service points from being picked first each time the utility wants to conserve power.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for determining and using customer energy profiles to manage electrical load control events on a communications network between a server in communication with an electric grid operator or any market participant associated with an electric grid and a client device at each of a plurality of service points, comprising the steps of:
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generating, at the server, a customer profile for each of a plurality of customers including at least energy consumption information for each of a plurality of controllable energy consuming devices at an associated service point; storing the plurality of customer profiles in a database at the server for use in electrical load control events; aggregating the plurality of customer profiles into a plurality of groups based on at least one predetermined criterion; generating, at the server, a candidate list of service points for electrical load control events based on the at least one predetermined criterion; sending a load control event to at least one selected service point in the candidate list of service points in response to an energy reduction request including a target energy savings received from the electric grid operator or any market participant associated with an electric grid via the communications network; generating a power supply value (PSV) at each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices of the at least one selected service point, wherein each PSV is based on a reduction in consumed power resulting from the load control event with measurement and verification, wherein the PSV provides a curtailment value as a supply presented to and accepted by a governing entity for awarding each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices supply equivalence, wherein the PSV is provided in units of monetary equivalent; receiving the PSV at the server; determining, at the server, an energy consumption pattern for each of the at least one selected service point based on the PSV; determining, at the server, if resulting energy savings from the energy consumption pattern are at least equal to the target energy savings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21)
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15. An apparatus for determining and using customer energy profiles to manage electrical load control events on a communications network between the apparatus and a client device at each of a plurality of service points, wherein the apparatus is operable to:
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communicate with at least one of an electric grid operator and any market participant associated with an electric grid; generate a customer profile for each of a plurality of customers including at least energy consumption information for a plurality of controllable energy consuming devices at an associated service point; store the plurality of customer profiles in a database for use in electrical load control events; aggregate the plurality of customer profiles into a plurality of groups based on at least one predetermined criterion; generate a candidate list of service points for electrical load control events based on the at least one predetermined criterion; send a load control event to at least one selected service point in the candidate list of service points in response to an energy reduction request including a target energy savings received from the electric grid operator or any market participant associated with an electric grid via the communications network; receive a power supply value (PSV) from each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices, wherein each PSV is based on a reduction in consumed power resulting from the load control event with measurement and verification, wherein the PSV provides a curtailment value as a supply presented to and accepted by a governing entity for awarding each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices supply equivalence, wherein the PSV is provided in units of monetary equivalent; determine an energy savings for the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices resulting from the load control event at the selected service point based on the PSV; and determine if the resulting energy savings is at least equal to the target energy savings. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22)
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