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Apparatus and method for controlling consumer electric power consumption

  • US 20150134139A1
  • Filed: 01/17/2015
  • Published: 05/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for reducing electric power consumption within an electric power distribution system, said electric power distribution system including a plurality of computers, each of said computers within said electric power distribution system including a processor and associated memory from which computer instructions are executed by an associated processor, said electric power distribution system comprising:

  • an electric power customer having at least one computer-controlled device that consumes said electric power, said computer-controlled device being scheduled to start according to a policy set by said customer and issuing a computer-based start request message according to said policy;

    an electric power provider for supplying said electric power to a plurality of electric power customers,a demand response aggregator for managing said electric power provided to said electric power consumer by said electric power provider, said demand response aggregator including a load control system coupled to said customer and said electric power provider, said load control system receiving said computer-based start request message, said load control system having an active pool data structure containing a group of computer-controlled devices for which computer-based start request messages have been received and for which said associated computer-controlled devices have been started by said load control system for said customer, said load control system having a reservation pool data structure containing a group of computer-controlled devices for which computer-based start requests have been received and for which said associated computer-controlled devices have not been started by said load control system for said customer, said load control system establishing an active pool parameter according to which said active pool data structure and said reservation pool data structure are managed in connection with said customer policy data, said load control system receiving a computer-based accumulation message from one of said electric power provider or said load control system, said load control system changing said active pool parameter in response to said accumulation message and moving at least one device from said active pool data structure to said reservation pool data structure in response to said change in said active pool parameter and sending a computer-based delayed demand message associated with said at least one device to said customer so as to temporarily stop said at least one device based on said change.

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