Systems and Methods for Determining and Utilizing Customer Energy Profiles for Load Control for Individual Structures, Devices, and Aggregation of Same
First Claim
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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Abstract
A system and method for creating and making use of customer profiles, including energy consumption patterns. Devices within a service point, using the active load director, may be subject to control events, often based on customer preferences. These control events cause the service point to use less power. Data associated with these control events, as well as related environment data, are used to create an energy consumption profile for each service point. This can be used by the utility to determine which service points are the best targets for energy consumption. In addition, an intelligent load rotation algorithm determines how to prevent the same service points from being picked first each time the utility wants to conserve power.
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23 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for determining and using customer energy profiles to manage electrical load control events on a communications network between the apparatus and a client device at each of a plurality of service points, wherein the apparatus is operable to:
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communicate with at least one of an electric grid operator and any market participant associated with an electric grid; generate 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; store the plurality of customer profiles in a database for use in load control events; aggregate the plurality of customer profiles into a plurality of groups based on at least one predetermined criterion; generate a candidate list of service points for load control events based on the at least one predetermined criterion; send 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; determine an energy savings for the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices resulting from the load control event at the selected service point, wherein the energy savings is determined using 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; and determine if the resulting energy savings is at least equal to the target energy savings. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system 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:
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at least one active load director and at least one controllable energy consuming device controlled by the at least one active load director, wherein the at least one active load director is selected from a plurality of load directors based on a customer profile associated with the at least one active load director, wherein the at least one active load director is operable to receive at least one IP-based message including at least one load control event, wherein the at least one active load director is further operable to automatically adjust the amount of power supplied to the at least one controllable energy consuming device in response to the at least one IP-based message, wherein the at least one controllable energy consuming device has a corresponding power supply value (PSV) for a period of time during which the amount of power is adjusted.
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