Smart charging value and guarantee application
First Claim
1. A method for managing electric resources via a smart charging benefit analysis, comprising the steps:
- determining a smart charging benefit, wherein the smart charging benefit is a benefit provided by an energy management system, wherein the energy management system manages a plurality of electric resources, wherein the smart charging benefit is a beneficial impact resulting from the energy management system, wherein the beneficial impact is beneficial to at least one of the plurality of electric resources, wherein the step of determining the smart charging benefit comprises;
determining a baseline energy flow value, wherein the baseline energy flow value is a regular energy flow to the at least one of the plurality of electric resources, wherein the regular energy flow is energy flow without the smart charging benefit, wherein the regular energy flow is based on energy flow information provided by the at least one of the plurality of electric resources;
determining a plurality of managed energy flow values for the at least one of the plurality of electric resources;
comparing each of the plurality of managed energy flow values with the baseline energy flow value;
determining a potential beneficial impact for each of the plurality of managed energy flow values, wherein the potential beneficial impact is a beneficial impact potentially resulting from the energy management system that is potentially beneficial to the at least one of the plurality of electric resources based on at least one of the plurality of managed energy flow values;
wherein the beneficial impact is selected from a group consisting of the following;
a load curve modification, a peak power demand reduction, or a controllable load regulation amount; and
,selecting one of the potential beneficial impacts, wherein the smart charging benefit is the selected potential beneficial impact;
transmitting a benefit representation from a server to the at least one of the plurality of electric resources, wherein the benefit representation represents the smart charging benefit; and
,managing charging behavior of the plurality of electric resources based partially on the smart charging benefit, wherein the step of managing the charging behavior is performed on at least one particular machine, said at least one particular machine comprising at least one physical computing device.
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Abstract
A system and methods that enables smart charging for electric resources. A smart charging method may include smart charging customer guarantees. The charging behavior guarantee may comprise a guaranteed charging schedule that matches a regular charging schedule of an electric resource and provides power flow flexibility. In addition, a smart charging method may manage electric resources via a smart charging benefit analysis. A smart charging benefit may include an impact resulting from the energy management system which is beneficial to an electric resource. A smart charging method may manage the charging behavior of the electric resources on a grid based on the smart charging benefit. Further, a smart charging method may manage electric resources via a smart charging benefit analysis and smart charging customer guarantees.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for managing electric resources via a smart charging benefit analysis, comprising the steps:
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determining a smart charging benefit, wherein the smart charging benefit is a benefit provided by an energy management system, wherein the energy management system manages a plurality of electric resources, wherein the smart charging benefit is a beneficial impact resulting from the energy management system, wherein the beneficial impact is beneficial to at least one of the plurality of electric resources, wherein the step of determining the smart charging benefit comprises; determining a baseline energy flow value, wherein the baseline energy flow value is a regular energy flow to the at least one of the plurality of electric resources, wherein the regular energy flow is energy flow without the smart charging benefit, wherein the regular energy flow is based on energy flow information provided by the at least one of the plurality of electric resources; determining a plurality of managed energy flow values for the at least one of the plurality of electric resources; comparing each of the plurality of managed energy flow values with the baseline energy flow value; determining a potential beneficial impact for each of the plurality of managed energy flow values, wherein the potential beneficial impact is a beneficial impact potentially resulting from the energy management system that is potentially beneficial to the at least one of the plurality of electric resources based on at least one of the plurality of managed energy flow values;
wherein the beneficial impact is selected from a group consisting of the following;
a load curve modification, a peak power demand reduction, or a controllable load regulation amount; and
,selecting one of the potential beneficial impacts, wherein the smart charging benefit is the selected potential beneficial impact; transmitting a benefit representation from a server to the at least one of the plurality of electric resources, wherein the benefit representation represents the smart charging benefit; and
,managing charging behavior of the plurality of electric resources based partially on the smart charging benefit, wherein the step of managing the charging behavior is performed on at least one particular machine, said at least one particular machine comprising at least one physical computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for managing electric resources via a smart charging benefit analysis, comprising:
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an energy management system that manages a plurality of electric resources, wherein the energy management system determines a smart charging benefit, wherein the smart charging benefit is a beneficial impact resulting from the energy management system, wherein the beneficial impact is beneficial to at least one of the plurality of electric resources, and wherein the system is configured to make the determination of the smart charging benefit by; determining a baseline energy flow value, wherein the baseline energy flow value is a regular energy flow to the at least one of the plurality of electric resources, wherein the regular energy flow is energy flow without the smart charging benefit, wherein the regular energy flow is based on energy flow information provided by the at least one of the plurality of electric resources; determining a plurality of managed energy flow values for the at least one of the plurality of electric resources; comparing each of the plurality of managed energy flow values with the baseline energy flow value; determining a potential beneficial impact for each of the plurality of managed energy flow values, wherein the potential beneficial impact is a beneficial impact potentially resulting from the energy management system that is potentially beneficial to the at least one of the plurality of electric resources based on at least one of the plurality of managed energy flow values;
wherein the beneficial impact is selected from a group consisting of the following;
a load curve modification, a peak power demand reduction, or a controllable load regulation amount; and
,selecting one of the potential beneficial impacts, wherein the smart charging benefit is the selected potential beneficial impact; a server that transmits a benefit representation to the at least one of the plurality of electric resources, wherein the benefit representation represents the smart charging benefit, wherein the server is controlled by the energy management system, wherein the energy management system comprises at least one particular machine, the at least one particular machine comprising at least one physical computing device, wherein the at least one particular machine manages charging behavior of the plurality of electric resources based partially on the smart charging benefit. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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