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UTILITY CONSOLE FOR CONTROLLING ENERGY RESOURCES

  • US 20180004239A1
  • Filed: 02/17/2017
  • Published: 01/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of controlling energy consumption of a plurality of energy consuming devices at a premises, each of the plurality of energy consuming devices being controlled by a corresponding load controller having integrated measurement capability, each load controller being communicatively coupled to one of a plurality of distributed energy management controllers, the plurality of distributed energy management controllers being communicatively coupled to a computer system of an operations control center, comprising:

  • measuring the individual energy load of each of the plurality of energy consuming devices, the measurement being performed by corresponding load controller;

    communicating the individual energy load measurements from each load controller to a corresponding one of the plurality of distributed energy management controllers;

    communicating the individual energy load measurements of each of the plurality of energy consuming devices from the plurality of distributed energy management controllers to the operations control center;

    processing, by the computer system, the individual energy load measurements received from the plurality of distributed energy management controllers; and

    transmitting a command from the operations control center to at least one of the plurality of distributed energy management controllers based on said processed energy load measurements to curtail/engage one or more of the plurality of energy consuming devices.

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