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Methods and apparatus for managing energy services from a plurality of devices

  • US 9,452,684 B2
  • Filed: 10/27/2011
  • Issued: 09/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing an energy service for a mobile asset connected to a grid connection point on an electric grid, comprising:

  • reporting, by the mobile asset, an identifier associated with the grid connection point that establishes a location of the mobile asset at the grid connection point on the electric grid;

    receiving, at the mobile asset, one or more operating conditions for realizing the energy service, the received operating conditions are determined based on operating constraints of the electric grid associated with the established location of the mobile asset on the electric grid, wherein the operating constraints of the electric grid associated with the established location of the mobile asset are determined by modeling of the electric grid in a vicinity of the grid connection point connected to the mobile asset;

    operating the mobile asset in accordance with the received one or more operating conditions to realize the energy service;

    receiving, at the mobile asset, a signal indicating one or more energy services that are offered to the mobile asset;

    selecting, by the mobile asset, one of the offered energy services, as the energy service to be realized;

    setting, by the mobile asset, a quantity of the selected energy service to be realized; and

    controlling the mobile asset to achieve the set quantity of the selected energy service.

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