ELECTRIC POWER RETAIL MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC POWER RETAILING MANAGEMENT METHOD

• US 20140379159A1
• Filed: 06/12/2014
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yahoo Japan Corporation (A Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo Japan Corporation (A Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: KITAGISHI, Ikuo
• Granted Patent: US 9,754,330 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/295
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

An electric power retail management apparatus according to an embodiment includes an adjustment parameter calculating unit and an adjustment parameter transmitting unit. The adjustment parameter calculating unit calculates a total electric power adjustment parameter, which balances electric power generation amounts of power generators and the electric power consumption amounts of electric power customers, for each of the electric power generators on the basis of conditions of the electric power generation amounts of the electric power generators and the electric power consumption amounts of the electric power customers existing in a single region. The adjustment parameter transmitting unit transmits the total electric power adjustment parameters to the electric power generators.

Claims

1. An electric power retail management apparatus, comprising:

an electric power generation amount information acquisition unit configured to acquire, as information on an electric power generation amount, information on an amount of electric power supplied from each of power generators of power producers to an electric power transmission-distribution network;

a consumption amount information acquisition unit configured to acquire, as information on an electric power consumption amount, information on an amount of electric power supplied from the electric power transmission-distribution network to each of electric power customers;

an adjustment parameter calculating unit configured to calculate a total electric power adjustment parameter, which balances the electric power generation amounts and the electric power consumption amounts, for each of the electric power generators on the basis of conditions of the electric power generation amounts of the electric power generators and the electric power consumption amounts of the electric power customers existing in a single region; and

an adjustment parameter transmitting unit configured to transmit the total electric power adjustment parameters to the electric power generators.

2. The electric power retail management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the adjustment parameter calculating unit sets the region corresponding to the electric power transmission-distribution network to which facilities of the electric power customers and the electric power generators are each connected.

3. The electric power retail management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the adjustment parameter calculating unit calculates the total electric power adjustment parameter for each electric power generator on the basis of the conditions of the electric power generation amounts and the electric power consumption amounts of each region corresponding to a type of the electric power generators selected by the electric power customers.

4. The electric power retail management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a charge calculating unit configured to calculate a penalty for a power producer having the electric power generator that is incapable of supplying an agreed electric power generation amount to the electric power transmission-distribution network.

5. The electric power retail management apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the electric power generation amount information acquisition unit acquires information on an amount of reserve electric power of each of the electric power generators, and

when determining that the total amount of the electric power generation amount is short due to presence of the electric power generator that is incapable of supplying the agreed electric power generation amount, the adjustment parameter calculating unit calculates the total electric power adjustment parameters so as to increase electric power to be supplied from the electric power generator having the amount of reserve electric power to the electric power transmission-distribution network.

6. An electric power retailing management method executed by a computer, the method comprising:

acquiring, as information on an electric power generation amount, information on an amount of electric power supplied from each of power generators of power producers to an electric power transmission-distribution network;

acquiring, as information on an electric power consumption amount, information on an amount of electric power supplied from the electric power transmission-distribution network to each of electric power customers;

calculating a total electric power adjustment parameter, which balances the electric power generation amounts and the electric power consumption amounts, for each of the electric power generators on the basis of conditions of the electric power generation amounts of the electric power generators and the electric power consumption amounts of the electric power customers existing in a single region; and

transmitting the total electric power adjustment parameters to the electric power generators.

7. The electric power retail management method according to claim 6, wherein

the calculating includes setting the region corresponding to the electric power transmission-distribution network to which facilities of the electric power customers and the electric power generators are each connected.

8. The electric power retail management method according to claim 6, wherein

the calculating includes calculating the total electric power adjustment parameter for each electric power generator on the basis of the conditions of the electric power generation amounts and the electric power consumption amounts of each region corresponding to a type of the electric power generators selected by the electric power customers.

9. The electric power retail management method according to claim 6, further comprising

calculating a penalty for a power producer having the electric power generator that is incapable of supplying an agreed electric power generation amount to the electric power transmission-distribution network.

10. The electric power retail management method according to claim 9, wherein

acquiring the information on the electric power generation amount includes acquiring information on an amount of reserve electric power of each of the electric power generators, and

calculating, when determining that the total amount of the electric power generation amount is short due to presence of the electric power generator that is incapable of supplying the agreed electric power generation amount, the total electric power adjustment parameters so as to increase electric power to be supplied from the electric power generator having the amount of reserve electric power to the electric power transmission-distribution network.