Systems and methods to implement demand response events

• US 9,082,141 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2011
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GE Digital Holdings LLC (GE Vernova, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Meyerhofer, Mark Joseph, Schmid, James Joseph, Massey, Jerry Steven, Sierra, Jaime Alberto
• Primary Examiner(s): SHECHTMAN, SEAN P
• Application Number:
  US13/283,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20130110305A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,356 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

A computing device for use with a demand response system is provided. The computing device includes a communication interface for receiving customer data of a plurality of customers, wherein the customer data includes at least a location, a policy limitation, a participation history, and an enrollment status for each customer. A processor is coupled to the communication interface and programmed to select at least one participant from the plurality of customers, based on the customer data, to participate in at least one demand response event. The processor is further programmed to verify that the selected participant, based on the customer data, satisfies at least one precondition to receive at least one signal representative of the demand response event.

Claims

1. A computing device for use with a demand response system, said computing device comprising:

a communication interface for receiving customer data of a plurality of customers, wherein the customer data includes at least a location, a policy limitation, a participation history, and an enrollment status for each customer;

a processor coupled to said communication interface and programmed to;

select at least one participant from the plurality of customers, based on the customer data and a substation location for each customer, to participate in at least one demand response event; and

verify that the at least one selected participant satisfies at least one precondition to receive at least one signal representative of the at least one demand response event by considering at least the policy limitation, the participation history, and the enrollment status of the at least one selected participant.

2. A computing device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said processor is further programmed to schedule at least one of a start time and a duration of time for the at least one demand response event after the at least one selected participant has been verified.

3. A computing device in accordance with claim 2, wherein said processor is further programmed to transmit the at least one signal to the at least one selected participant at the scheduled start time.

4. A computing device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said communication interface receives updated customer data of the plurality of customers.

5. A computing device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said processor is programmed to select the at least one participant based at least in part on the location of each customer.

6. A computing device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said processor is programmed to select the least one participant based at least in part on at least one of a geographic location for each customer and a location on a network for each customer.

7. A demand response system comprising:

a data management system comprising a database that includes customer data of a plurality of customers, wherein the customer data includes at least a location, a policy limitation, a participation history, and an enrollment status for each customer;

a computing device coupled to said data management system, said computing device comprising;

a communication interface for receiving the customer data;

a processor coupled to said communication interface and programmed to;

select at least one participant from the plurality of customers, based on the customer data and a substation location for each customer, to participate in at least one demand response event; and

verify that the at least one selected participant satisfies at least one precondition to receive at least one signal representative of the at least one demand response event by considering at least the policy limitation, the participation history, and the enrollment status of the at least one selected participant.

8. A demand response system in accordance with claim 7, wherein said processor is further programmed to schedule at least one of a start time and a duration of time for the at least one demand response event after the at least one selected participant has been verified.

9. A demand response system in accordance with claim 8, wherein said processor is further programmed to transmit the at least one signal to the at least one selected participant at the scheduled start time.

10. A demand response system in accordance with claim 7, wherein said communication interface receives updated customer data of the plurality of customers.

11. A demand response system in accordance with claim 7, wherein said processor is programmed to select the at least one participant based at least in part on the location of each customer.

12. A demand response system in accordance with claim 7, wherein said processor is programmed to select the least one participant based at least in part on at least one of a geographic location for each customer and a location on a network for each customer.

13. A method of implementing demand response events, via a computing device coupled to a data management system, the computing device including a processor programmed to perform said method, said method comprising:

receiving, via the computing device, customer data of a plurality of customers, wherein the customer data includes at least a location, a policy limitation, a participation history, and an enrollment status for each customer;

selecting, via the computing device, at least one participant from the plurality of customers to participate in at least one demand response event based on the customer data and a substation location for each customer; and

verifying via the computing device, that the at least one selected participant satisfies at least one precondition to receive at least one signal representative of the at least one demand response event by considering at least the policy limitation, the participation history, and the enrollment status of the at least one selected participant.

14. A method in accordance with claim 13, further comprising scheduling at least one of a start time and a duration of time for the at least one demand response event after the at least one selected participant has been verified.

15. A method in accordance with claim 14, further comprising transmitting the at least one signal to the at least one selected participant at the scheduled time.

16. A method in accordance with claim 13, wherein selecting at least one participant further comprises selecting at least one participant from the plurality of customers to participate in at least one demand response event based at least in part on the location for each customer.

17. A method in accordance with claim 13, wherein selecting at least one participant further comprises selecting at least one participant from the plurality of customers to participate in at least one demand response event based at least in part on at least one of a geographic location for each customer and a location on a network for each customer.