System and method 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 utility 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 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 utility via the communications network;
determining, at the server, an energy savings for the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices resulting from the load control event at the selected service point;
determining, at the server, if the resulting energy savings is at least equal to the target energy savings; and
sending the load control event to at least one selected additional service point in the candidate list of service points in order to reach 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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46 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 utility 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 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 utility via the communications network; determining, at the server, an energy savings for the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices resulting from the load control event at the selected service point; determining, at the server, if the resulting energy savings is at least equal to the target energy savings; and sending the load control event to at least one selected additional service point in the candidate list of service points in order to reach the target energy savings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. 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 utility and a client device at each of a plurality of service points, comprising:
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a memory storing a database containing a plurality of customer profiles for load control events wherein each customer profile includes at least energy consumption information for a plurality of controllable energy consuming devices at an associated service point; a server processor, cooperative with the memory, and configured for managing electrical load control events on the communications network to the plurality of service points by; generating a customer profile for each of a plurality of customers; aggregating the plurality of customer profiles into a plurality of groups based on at least one predetermined criterion; generating a candidate list of service points for load control events based on the 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 utility via the communications network; determining an energy savings for the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices resulting from the load control event at the selected service point; determining if the resulting energy savings is at least equal to the target energy savings; and sending the load control event to at least one selected additional service point in the candidate list of service points in order to reach the target energy savings. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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