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Supplying grid ancillary services using controllable loads

  • US 9,287,710 B2
  • Filed: 05/08/2012
  • Issued: 03/15/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising an aggregator configured to:

  • communicate with a plurality of modules through a communications network to register the modules with the aggregator, wherein each of the modules is associated with a corresponding load connected to an electrical grid, each load needing a total amount of energy to complete a particular task by a specific time;

    determine a total desired power draw for the plurality of loads;

    determine instructions for the modules, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the modules to increase or decrease power draws of the loads in response to the instructions such that that the desired power draw is obtained and that each of the loads receives the corresponding total amount of energy to complete the particular task by the specified time; and

    ,send the instructions to the modules such that the modules increase or decrease power draws of the loads in accordance with the instructions.

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