METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL OF INDIVIDUAL CIRCUITS
First Claim
1. A power consumption management system comprising:
- at least one power appliance operatively connected to a communications network and to a power grid operatively connected to a power source, each of the at least one power appliances being further operatively connected to at least one electrical circuit,wherein the at least one power appliance is configured to receive power from the power grid and distribute the power to the at least one electrical circuit,wherein the at least one power appliance is further configured to measure power consumption on the at least one electrical circuit and to transmit data relating to power consumption on the at least one electrical circuit over the communications networkwherein the at least one power appliance is further configured to increase or decrease power supplied to the at least one electrical circuit in response to power consumption commands received over the communications network; and
a power appliance control point operatively connected to the network,wherein the power appliance control point is configured to receive the data relating to power consumption on the at least one electrical circuit transmitted over the network by the at least one power appliance,wherein the power appliance control point is further configured to transmit power consumption commands over the network to the at least one power appliance to increase or decrease power supplied to the at least one electrical circuit.
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Abstract
A power consumption management system. The system includes a power appliance at a consumer site and a power appliance control point at a LSE site. The power appliance is capable of measuring and controlling power consumption on a plurality of circuits located at the consumer site, as well as controlling end consumer devices. The power appliance control point is capable of receiving power consumption data for each of the plurality of consumer circuits, and is capable of commanding the power appliance to control power consumption on individual circuits. The power appliance is further capable of directing power supplied from individual LSE'"'"'s to individual circuits at the consumer site, and capable of varying such usage according to more complex schemes, for example, by time of day or environmental conditions.
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24 Claims
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1. A power consumption management system comprising:
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at least one power appliance operatively connected to a communications network and to a power grid operatively connected to a power source, each of the at least one power appliances being further operatively connected to at least one electrical circuit, wherein the at least one power appliance is configured to receive power from the power grid and distribute the power to the at least one electrical circuit, wherein the at least one power appliance is further configured to measure power consumption on the at least one electrical circuit and to transmit data relating to power consumption on the at least one electrical circuit over the communications network wherein the at least one power appliance is further configured to increase or decrease power supplied to the at least one electrical circuit in response to power consumption commands received over the communications network; and a power appliance control point operatively connected to the network, wherein the power appliance control point is configured to receive the data relating to power consumption on the at least one electrical circuit transmitted over the network by the at least one power appliance, wherein the power appliance control point is further configured to transmit power consumption commands over the network to the at least one power appliance to increase or decrease power supplied to the at least one electrical circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for managing power consumption comprising the steps:
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measuring, using a power appliance, power consumption on at least one electrical circuit; transmitting data, over a network, relating to the power consumption on the at least one electrical circuit; receiving data, over a network, relating to power consumption on at least one electrical circuit from a power appliance that manages the at least one electrical circuit; transmitting at least one command, over the network, to the power appliance, said command commanding the power appliance to increase or decrease the power consumption on the at least one electrical circuit. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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9. A method for charging a user for power consumption by electrical circuit:
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measuring, using a power appliance, power consumption on each of a plurality of electrical circuits within a user location; transmitting data, over a network, relating to the power consumption on each of the plurality of electrical circuits within the user location to a power appliance control point; metering, using the power appliance control point, the power consumption on each of the plurality of electrical circuits; and
,charging the user for power consumption on each of the of the plurality of electrical circuits using a rate structure having a rate for each of the of the plurality of electrical circuits. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A power consumption management system, comprising:
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a power appliance operatively connected to a network, to a plurality of power sources, and to a plurality of electrical circuits, wherein the power appliance is configured to receive power from the each of the plurality of power sources, and wherein the power appliance is further configured to separately select, for each of plurality of electrical circuits, one of the plurality of power sources, and to distribute power to each of the plurality of electrical circuits from the one of the plurality of power sources selected for that electrical circuit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for managing power consumption comprising the steps:
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receiving, on a power appliance, power from a plurality of power sources; selecting, using the power appliance, one of the plurality of power sources for each of a plurality of electrical circuits; distributing power from the selected one of the plurality of powers sources to each of the plurality of electrical circuits; - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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