Energy services interface

• US 9,324,116 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2012
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avista Development, Inc. (Avistar)
• Original Assignee: Spirae, Inc.
• Inventors: Cherian, Sunil
• Primary Examiner(s): Hartman, Jr., Ronald
• Application Number:
  US13/400,538
• Publication Number:
  US 20130054036A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,527 Days
• Field of Search: 700/286, 700/295, 700/297, 705/412
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00016 using a wired telecommunication network or a data transmission bus
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/64 The condition being economic, e.g. tariff based load management
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/00 Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/008 involving trading of energy or energy transmission rights
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/322 the battery being on-board an electric or hybrid vehicle, e.g. vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G], power aggregation, use of the battery for network load balancing, coordinated or cooperative battery charging
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/124 using wired telecommunication networks or data transmission busses
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/16 Energy services, e.g. dispersed generation or demand or load or energy savings aggregation

Abstract

An energy services bridge interposed between one or more energy service providers and an energy distribution network operator manages a plurality of diversified energy consumer service plans so as to be compliant with the physical and technical constraints of the transmission/distribution gird. The energy services bridge further conveys real-time information regarding the state of the transmission/distribution grid to the plurality of energy service providers enabling active management of the service plans and correspondingly active management of the transmission/distribution grid.

Claims

1. A computer implemented system for management of grid compatible energy services in conjunction with an energy transmission/distribution grid, comprising:

a microprocessor operable to execute a program of instructions; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the microprocessor and tangibly embodying a set instructions for management of grid compatible energy services, wherein said set of instructions when executed by the microprocessor include steps for

publishing by a distribution network operator energy transmission/distribution grid constraints of the energy transmission/distribution grid;

developing grid compatible energy services by a plurality of energy services providers;

providing energy services access by the distribution network operator to one or more energy customers on behalf of the plurality of energy services providers; and

normalizing by an energy services bridge aggregate grid compatible energy services with the energy transmission/distribution grid constraints of the energy transmission/distribution grid.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions for identifying energy transmission/distribution grid constraint violations by each energy services provider.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising instructions for managing energy transmission/distribution grid constraint compliance information.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising instructions for managing by each energy services provider aggregate energy service access to the transmission/distribution grid.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein energy transmission/distribution grid constraints include technical constraints regarding interfacing distributed energy resources with the energy transmission/distribution grid.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein grid compatible energy services includes engaging at least one energy consumer by at least one of the plurality of energy services providers with grid compatible energy services.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions for managing a plurality of energy services classes on a real time basis responsive to normalized real time conditions of an energy transmission/distribution grid.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising managing by the energy services bridge energy service access for each energy service provider responsive to contractual considerations.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions for managing by the energy services bridge energy service access for each energy service provider responsive to operational and/or physical considerations of the energy transmission/distribution grid.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions for managing by the energy services bridge energy service access for each energy service provider responsive to real time conditions of the energy transmission/distribution grid.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions for dynamically adjusting grid compatible energy services responsive to information from the energy services providers, the one or more energy customers and/or the distribution network operator.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein responsive to changes in operational and/or physical conditions of the energy transmission/distribution grid, altering grid compatible energy services.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein responsive to information from the energy service provider, altering distribution network operator operations.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein responsive to information from the energy consumer, altering distribution network operator operations.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein responsive to information from distributed energy resources, altering distribution network operator operations.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions for registering grid compatible energy services offered by the energy services providers with the energy services bridge.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising instructions for registering grid compatible energy services offered by the energy services providers with the distribution network operator.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein registration of grid compatible energy services includes identification of one or more associated energy customers to the energy services bridge.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein registration of grid compatible energy services includes identification of one or more associated energy customers to the distribution network operator.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein registration of grid compatible energy services includes communication of an association of a particular grid compatible energy service with one or more energy customers.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein registration of grid compatible energy services includes communication of an association of a particular customer and grid compatible energy service with one or more distributed energy resources.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein normalizing includes normalizing aggregate grid compatible energy services of a plurality of energy services providers with real time conditions of the energy transmission/distribution grid.

23. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions for conveying by the energy services bridge to the distribution network operator information about ancillary energy services from the energy services providers.

24. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions for conveying by the energy services bridge to the distribution network operator operable ancillary energy services from the energy services providers.

25. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions for conveying by the distribution network operator to the energy services bridge a request for ancillary energy services from the energy services providers.

26. The system of claim 25, further comprising instructions for delivery of the ancillary energy services requested by the distribution network operator from the energy services providers.

27. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions for transfer of financial and contractual information for completing transactions for ancillary services delivered by the energy services bridge to the distribution network operator from the energy services providers.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein ancillary energy services comprise distributed energy resource generated energy management, capacity management, frequency management, energy reserve management, capacity reserves management, voltage management, Volt Ampere Reactive “

VAR”

management, energy grid operating parameter management and energy grid constraint management.

29. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions for conveying, by the energy services bridge to the distribution network operator, information about ancillary energy services regarding aggregated services and distributed energy resources from the energy services providers.

30. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine wherein said program of instructions comprises a plurality of program codes for enabling grid compatible energy services, said program of instructions comprising:

program code configured to publish energy transmission/distribution grid constraints for an energy transmission/distribution grid;

program code configured to collect information regarding compliance with the energy transmission/distribution grid constraints;

program code configured to provide grid compatible energy services to an energy customer on behalf of a plurality of energy service providers; and

program code configured to normalize aggregate grid compatible energy services with the energy transmission/distribution grid constraints of the energy transmission/distribution grid.

31. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, further comprising program code configured to identify energy transmission/distribution grid constraint violations by each energy services provider.

32. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 31, further comprising program code configured to manage energy transmission/distribution grid constraint compliance information.

33. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, wherein energy transmission/distribution grid constraints include technical and/or contractual constraints regarding interfacing distributed energy resources with the energy transmission/distribution grid.

34. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, further comprising program code configured to provide information to enable management of a plurality of grid compatible energy services responsive to normalized conditions of an energy transmission/distribution grid.

35. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, further comprising program code configured to manage energy service access for each energy service provider responsive to contractual considerations.

36. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, further comprising program code configured to manage energy service access for each energy service provider responsive to operational and/or physical considerations of the energy transmission/distribution grid.

37. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, further comprising program code configured to manage energy service access for each energy service provider responsive to conditions of the energy transmission/distribution grid.

38. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, further comprising program code configured to enable dynamic adjustment of grid compatible energy services responsive to information from the energy services providers, the plurality of energy customers and/or a distribution network operator.

39. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, wherein responsive to changes in operational and/or physical conditions of the energy transmission/distribution grid, further comprising program code configured to alter at least one of the grid compatible energy services.

40. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 39 further comprising program code configured to alter distribution network operations responsive to information from at least one of the plurality of energy service providers.

41. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 39 further comprising program code configured to alter distribution network operations responsive to information from at least one of the plurality of energy consumers.

42. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 39 further comprising program code configured to alter distribution network operations responsive to information from distributed energy resources.

43. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, further comprising program code configured to register grid compatible energy services offered by at least one of the plurality of energy services providers with a distribution network operator.

44. The computer readable storage medium of claim 43 wherein registration of grid compatible energy services includes identification of an association between one or more energy customers and a selected grid compatible energy service to the distribution network operator.

45. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 43, wherein registration of grid compatible energy services includes identification of the plurality of energy customers to the distribution network operator.

46. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 43, wherein registration of grid compatible energy services includes communication of an association of a particular grid compatible energy service with each of the energy customers to the distribution network operator.

47. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, further comprising program code configured to convey by an energy services bridge to a distribution network operator, ancillary energy services offered by the energy services providers.

48. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, further comprising program code configured to convey by an energy services bridge to the distribution network operator, operable ancillary energy services offered by the plurality of energy services providers.

49. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, further comprising program code configured to convey by the distribution network operator to the energy services bridge a request for ancillary energy services from the plurality of energy services providers.

50. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 49, further comprising program code configured to deliver ancillary energy services requested by the distribution network operator from the at least one of the plurality of energy services providers.

51. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, wherein ancillary energy services comprise distributed energy resource generated energy management, capacity management, frequency management, energy reserve management, capacity reserves management, voltage management, Volt Ampere Reactive “

VAR”

management, energy grid operating parameter management and energy grid constraint management.