USING BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN A MARKET-BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for generating a bid value for purchasing electricity in a market-based resource allocation system, comprising:
- by computing hardware,receiving a desired temperature value indicative of a user'"'"'s desired temperature in a temperature-controlled zone;
receiving a user comfort setting selected by the user, the user comfort setting being selected from at least a first user comfort setting and a second user comfort setting, the first user comfort setting indicating the user'"'"'s willingness to pay more to achieve the desired temperature relative to the second user comfort setting; and
computing a bid value for purchasing electricity to heat or cool the temperature-controlled zone to the desired temperature, the bid value being computed using at least the desired temperature, the user comfort setting, and a historical value indicative of an average value at which electricity was dispatched by the resource allocation system over a historical time period.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for distributing a resource (such as electricity) using a resource allocation system. In one exemplary embodiment, a plurality of requests for electricity are received from a plurality of end-use consumers. The requests indicate a requested quantity of electricity and a consumer-requested index value indicative of a maximum price a respective end-use consumer will pay for the requested quantity of electricity. A plurality of offers for supplying electricity are received from a plurality of resource suppliers. The offers indicate an offered quantity of electricity and a supplier-requested index value indicative of a minimum price for which a respective supplier will produce the offered quantity of electricity. A dispatched index value is computed at which electricity is to be supplied based at least in part on the consumer-requested index values and the supplier-requested index values.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for generating a bid value for purchasing electricity in a market-based resource allocation system, comprising:
by computing hardware, receiving a desired temperature value indicative of a user'"'"'s desired temperature in a temperature-controlled zone; receiving a user comfort setting selected by the user, the user comfort setting being selected from at least a first user comfort setting and a second user comfort setting, the first user comfort setting indicating the user'"'"'s willingness to pay more to achieve the desired temperature relative to the second user comfort setting; and computing a bid value for purchasing electricity to heat or cool the temperature-controlled zone to the desired temperature, the bid value being computed using at least the desired temperature, the user comfort setting, and a historical value indicative of an average value at which electricity was dispatched by the resource allocation system over a historical time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for controlling electrical power distribution using a resource allocation system, the method comprising:
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measuring a current zone temperature and computing a consequent bid price; transmitting the bid price into the resource allocation system; receiving a resulting market clearing price from the resource allocation system; using computing hardware, calculating an adjusted zone set point; and resetting a thermostat'"'"'s zone set point to the adjusted zone set point. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A computer-readable storage device storing computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform a method comprising:
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receiving a desired temperature value indicative of a user'"'"'s desired temperature in a temperature-controlled zone; receiving a user comfort setting selected by the user, the user comfort setting being selected from at least a first user comfort setting and a second user comfort setting, the first user comfort setting indicating the user'"'"'s willingness to pay more to achieve the desired temperature relative to the second user comfort setting; and computing a bid value for purchasing electricity to heat or cool the temperature-controlled zone to the desired temperature, the bid value being computed using at least the desired temperature, the user comfort setting, and a historical value indicative of an average value at which electricity was dispatched by the resource allocation system over a historical time period. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for generating a bid value for purchasing electricity in a market-based resource allocation system, comprising:
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means for receiving a desired temperature value indicative of a user'"'"'s desired temperature in a temperature-controlled zone; means for receiving a user comfort setting selected by the user, the user comfort setting being selected from at least a first user comfort setting and a second user comfort setting, the first user comfort setting indicating the user'"'"'s willingness to pay more to achieve the desired temperature relative to the second user comfort setting; and means for computing a bid value for purchasing electricity to heat or cool the temperature-controlled zone to the desired temperature, the bid value being computed using at least the desired temperature, the user comfort setting, and a historical value indicative of an average value at which electricity was dispatched by the resource allocation system over a historical time period.
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