Utility portals for managing demand-response events
First Claim
1. A system that provides a utility portal interface to a utility for planning demand response events, comprising:
- one or more processors; and
one or more memory devices comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;
generating the utility portal interface in response to a request from a utility computer system;
receiving, through the utility portal interface from the utility computer system, parameters that specify a demand response event;
providing, through the utility portal interface to the utility computer system, a display of a plurality of groups of energy-consuming locations that are available to be selected to participate in the demand response event;
providing, through the utility portal interface to the utility computer system, a display of an energy demand profile for the utility during the demand response event;
receiving, through the utility portal interface from the utility computer system, a selection of a subset of the plurality of groups of energy-consuming locations to participate in the demand response event;
causing the display of the energy demand profile for the utility during the demand response event to be dynamically updated as the subset of the plurality of groups of energy-consuming locations are selected or deselected by the utility computer system to participate in the demand response event; and
sending transmissions to thermostats associated with the subset of the plurality of groups of energy-consuming locations to execute the demand response event.
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Abstract
A method includes generating a utility portal interface in response to a request from a utility computer system that receives parameters that specify a demand response event; providing a display of groups of energy-consuming locations that are available to be selected to participate in the demand response event; providing a display of an energy demand profile for the utility during the demand response event; receiving a selection of a subset of the groups of energy-consuming locations to participate in the demand response event; causing the display of the energy demand profile for the utility during the demand response event to be dynamically updated as the subset of the groups of energy-consuming locations are selected or deselected by the utility computer system to participate; and sending transmissions to thermostats associated with the subset of the groups of energy-consuming locations to execute the demand response event.
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20 Claims
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1. A system that provides a utility portal interface to a utility for planning demand response events, comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more memory devices comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising; generating the utility portal interface in response to a request from a utility computer system; receiving, through the utility portal interface from the utility computer system, parameters that specify a demand response event; providing, through the utility portal interface to the utility computer system, a display of a plurality of groups of energy-consuming locations that are available to be selected to participate in the demand response event; providing, through the utility portal interface to the utility computer system, a display of an energy demand profile for the utility during the demand response event; receiving, through the utility portal interface from the utility computer system, a selection of a subset of the plurality of groups of energy-consuming locations to participate in the demand response event; causing the display of the energy demand profile for the utility during the demand response event to be dynamically updated as the subset of the plurality of groups of energy-consuming locations are selected or deselected by the utility computer system to participate in the demand response event; and sending transmissions to thermostats associated with the subset of the plurality of groups of energy-consuming locations to execute the demand response event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of providing a utility portal interface to a utility for planning demand response events, the method comprising:
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generating the utility portal interface in response to a request from a utility computer system; receiving, through the utility portal interface from the utility computer system, parameters that specify a demand response event; providing, through the utility portal interface to the utility computer system, a display of a plurality of groups of energy-consuming locations that are available to be selected to participate in the demand response event; providing, through the utility portal interface to the utility computer system, a display of an energy demand profile for the utility during the demand response event; receiving, through the utility portal interface from the utility computer system, a selection of a subset of the plurality of groups of energy-consuming locations to participate in the demand response event; causing the display of the energy demand profile for the utility during the demand response event to be dynamically updated as the subset of the plurality of groups of energy-consuming locations are selected or deselected by the utility computer system to participate in the demand response event; and sending transmissions to thermostats associated with the subset of the plurality of groups of energy-consuming locations to execute the demand response event. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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