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Systems and Methods for Determining and Utilizing Customer Energy Profiles for Load Control for Individual Structures, Devices, and Aggregation of Same

  • US 20150154618A1
  • Filed: 12/12/2014
  • Published: 06/04/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining and using customer energy profiles to manage electrical load control events on a communications network between a server in communication with an electric grid operator or any market participant associated with an electric grid and a client device at each of a plurality of service points, comprising the steps of:

  • generating, at the server, a customer profile for each of a plurality of customers including at least energy consumption information for a plurality of controllable energy consuming devices at an associated service point;

    storing the plurality of customer profiles in a database at the server for use in load control events;

    aggregating the plurality of customer profiles into a plurality of groups based on at least one predetermined criterion;

    generating, at the server, a candidate list of service points for load control events based on the at least one predetermined criterion;

    sending a load control event to at least one selected service point in the candidate list of service points in response to an energy reduction request including a target energy savings received from the electric grid operator or any market participant associated with an electric grid via the communications network;

    determining, at the server, a power supply value (PSV) corresponding to each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices, wherein each PSV is associated with a reduction in consumed power resulting from the load control event and includes a measurement and a verification of the reduction in consumed power;

    determining, at the server, if the resulting energy savings is at least equal to the target energy savings.

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