METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FULLY AUTOMATED ENERGY MANAGEMENT

• US 20120065805A1
• Filed: 11/18/2011
• Published: 03/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rey Montalvo
• Original Assignee: Rey Montalvo
• Inventors: Montalvo, Rey
• Granted Patent: US 9,002,761 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/297
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/58 The condition being electrical
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/144 Demand-response operation of the power transmission or distribution network
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving

Abstract

A system, method and apparatus for automatically adapting power grid usage by controlling internal and/or external power-related assets of one or more users in response to power regulation and/or frequency regulation functions in a manner beneficial to both the power grid itself and the users of the power grid.

Claims

1. A method for automatically adapting power usage, comprising:

receiving data indicative of a nonoptimal operating condition associated with a power grid;

determining a power adaptation function in response to said received data;

determining operational adaptations of one or more user assets sufficient to meet said power adaptation function; and

transmitting, toward one or more users, commands configured to cause said operational adaptations of said one or more user assets.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a prioritized sequence of assets to be adapted according to said power adaptation function.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said steps of said method are iteratively performed until said nonoptimal operating condition associated with said power grid is reduced to a threshold level.