DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIO MANAGER SYSTEM

• US 20120203596A1
• Filed: 02/07/2012
• Published: 08/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2011
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: GUTHRIDGE, Gregory, Dary, Michael, Monahan, Ruari, Manley-Casimir, Naomi, Barsky, Kenneth, Wong, Zephaniah, Bonzom, Sylvain
• Application Number:
  US13/367,804
• Publication Number:
  US 20120203596A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/16 Energy services, e.g. dispersed generation or demand or load or energy savings aggregation

Abstract

A demand side management (DSM) portfolio manager system for processing DSM data to implement DSM programs for an energy service provider includes a DSM workflow management module. The DSM workflow management module may determine a workflow plan for processing the DSM data throughout phases of a DSM portfolio lifecycle to create and evaluate the DSM programs for the energy service provider. The system includes a DSM evaluation, measurement and verification module to evaluate the DSM programs. The evaluation may include determining key performance indicators for the DSM programs based on the DSM data and comparing the DSM programs to benchmarks and analyzing the DSM data for the DSM programs utilizing performance-based analytics to predict future performance of the DSM programs. A DSM reporting module may report results of the evaluation in a dashboard.

Claims

1. A demand side management (DSM) portfolio manager system for processing DSM data to implement DSM programs for an energy service provider, the system comprising:

a DSM workflow management module to determine a workflow plan for processing the DSM data throughout phases of a DSM portfolio lifecycle to create and evaluate the DSM programs for the energy service provider, wherein the phases of the DSM portfolio lifecycle include strategy and assessment, program planning and design, delivery and execution, and evaluation, measurement and verification;

a DSM evaluation, measurement and verification module executed by a processor to evaluate the DSM programs in the evaluation, measurement and verification phase of the DSM portfolio lifecycle, wherein the evaluation of the DSM programs includes determining key performance indicators for the DSM programs based on the DSM data and comparing the DSM programs to benchmarks and further includes analyzing the DSM data for the DSM programs utilizing performance-based analytics to predict future performance of the DSM programs; and

a DSM reporting module to report results of the evaluation in a dashboard.

2. The DSM portfolio manager system of claim 1, comprising:

a data integration and communication module comprising interfaces to collect at least some of the DSM data from internal systems of the energy service provider and format the at least some of the DSM data according to a predetermined schema, and to store the formatted DSM data in a data repository for the DSM portfolio manager system.

3. The DSM portfolio manager system of claim 2, wherein the internal systems comprise at least some of an accounting application, customer information system application, a meter data management application, an enterprise resource planning application, a customer relationship management application, a geographic information system application, a smart metering application, a capacity planning application, and a workforce management application.

4. The DSM portfolio manager system of claim 2, wherein the data integration and communication module comprising interfaces to collect at least some of the DSM data from third party vendors and vendor systems.

5. The DSM portfolio manager of claim 1, further comprising the DSM workflow management module receiving definitions of the KPIs via the dashboard and using the definitions to calculate the KPIs for the comparison to the benchmarks.

6. The DSM portfolio manager system of claim 2, wherein the data repository stores DSM data for a plurality of users, and the benchmarks are determined from the DSM data for the plurality of users.

7. The DSM portfolio manage system of claim 6, wherein the DSM workflow management module, in the strategy and assessment phase and in the program planning and design, determines models of DSM programs from the DSM data for the plurality of users in the repository and uses the models to select the DSM programs for the energy service provider.

8. The DSM portfolio manager of claim 7, wherein the DSM workflow management module collects data about the energy service provider and based on the collected data and the models, and selects the DSM programs for the energy service provider to implement that are most likely to be successful.

9. The DSM portfolio manager system of claim 1, wherein the DSM reporting module presents reporting templates to the energy service provider via the dashboard for customization.

10. The DSM portfolio manager system of claim 1, wherein the DSM portfolio manager system performs DSM auditing, rebate claim processing and promotion of energy conservation information, wherein the DSM auditing includes calculating energy loss or energy savings based on energy usage information determined for a user.

11. A demand side management (DSM) method for processing DSM data through phases of a DSM portfolio lifecycle, the method comprising:

determining types of DSM programs to implement for an energy service provider based on information about the energy service provider and based on DSM data collected for a plurality users related to DSM programs that have previously been implemented;

determining details of the DSM programs to implement;

collecting DSM data after implementing the DSM programs;

evaluating, by a processor, the DSM programs, wherein the evaluation of the DSM programs includes determining key performance indicators for the DSM programs based on the collected DSM data, comparing the DSM programs to benchmarks, and analyzing the DSM data for the DSM programs utilizing performance-based analytics to predict future performance of the DSM programs; and

reporting results of the evaluation via a dashboard.

12. The method of claim 11, comprising:

collecting at least some of the DSM data from internal systems of the energy service provider;

formatting the at least some of the DSM data according to a predetermined schema; and

storing the formatted DSM data in a data repository for the DSM portfolio manager system.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the internal systems comprise at least some of an accounting application, customer information system application, a meter data management application, an enterprise resource planning application, a customer relationship management application, a geographic information system application, a smart metering application, a capacity planning application, and a workforce management application.

14. The method of claim 12, comprising:

providing interfaces to collect at least some of the DSM data from third party vendors and vendor systems.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the data repository stores DSM data for a plurality of users, and the method comprises determining the benchmarks from the DSM data for the plurality of users.

16. The method of claim 15, comprising:

determining models of DSM programs from the DSM data for the plurality of users in the repository; and

using the models and the information about the energy service provider to select the DSM programs to implement.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the DSM programs promote energy conservation.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions that when executed by a computer system perform a demand side management (DSM) method comprising:

determining types of DSM programs to implement for an energy service provider based on information about the energy service provider and based on DSM data collected from a plurality users related to DSM programs that have previously been implemented;

determining details of the DSM programs to implement;

collecting DSM data after implementing the DSM programs;

evaluating the DSM programs, wherein the evaluation of the DSM programs includes determining key performance indicators for the DSM programs based on the collected DSM data, comparing the DSM programs to benchmarks, and analyzing the DSM data for the DSM programs utilizing performance-based analytics to predict future performance of the DSM programs; and

reporting results of the evaluation via a dashboard.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the method comprises:

collecting at least some of the DSM data from internal systems of the energy service provider;

formatting the at least some of the DSM data according to a predetermined schema; and

storing the formatted DSM data in a data repository for the DSM portfolio manager system.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the DSM programs promote energy conservation.