Bidirectional demand response control
First Claim
1. A method for managing allocation of electrical power, comprising:
- selecting one or more power consuming entities for receiving a request to reduce electrical power usage based on data pertaining to past selections of entities for receiving requests to reduce power and a history of compliance with said requests;
generating a customized request to reduce power usage for each of the selected one or more power consuming entities;
receiving the generated customized request to reduce power usage at a corresponding power consuming entity;
evaluating a cost associated with complying with the received customized request to reduce power usage; and
returning a commitment to comply with the received customized request to reduce power usage when the evaluated cost is within a threshold of acceptability and negotiating a new request to reduce power when the evaluated cost is greater than a threshold of acceptability,wherein the returned commitment includes a strategy for meeting the received customized request to reduce power usage.
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Abstract
A method for managing allocation of electrical power includes selecting one or more power consuming entities for receiving a request to reduce electrical power usage (S23) based on data pertaining to past selections of entities for receiving requests to reduce power and a history of compliance with said requests (S22). A customized request to reduce power usage for each of the selected one or more power consuming entities is generated (S24). The generated customized request to reduce power usage is received at a corresponding power consuming entity and a cost associated with complying with the received customized request to reduce power usage is evaluated (S25). A commitment to comply with the received customized request to reduce power usage is returned when the evaluated cost is within a threshold of acceptability and negotiating a new request to reduce power when the evaluated cost is greater than a threshold of acceptability (S26).
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18 Claims
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1. A method for managing allocation of electrical power, comprising:
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selecting one or more power consuming entities for receiving a request to reduce electrical power usage based on data pertaining to past selections of entities for receiving requests to reduce power and a history of compliance with said requests; generating a customized request to reduce power usage for each of the selected one or more power consuming entities; receiving the generated customized request to reduce power usage at a corresponding power consuming entity; evaluating a cost associated with complying with the received customized request to reduce power usage; and returning a commitment to comply with the received customized request to reduce power usage when the evaluated cost is within a threshold of acceptability and negotiating a new request to reduce power when the evaluated cost is greater than a threshold of acceptability, wherein the returned commitment includes a strategy for meeting the received customized request to reduce power usage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; and a non-transitory, tangible, program storage medium, readable by the computer system, embodying a program of instructions executable by the processor to perform method steps for managing allocation of electrical power, the method comprising; selecting one or more power consuming entities for receiving a request to reduce electrical power usage, based on data pertaining to past selections of entities for receiving requests to reduce power and a history of compliance with said request; generating a customized request to reduce electrical power usage at a corresponding power consuming entity; receiving the generated customized request to reduce electrical power usage at a corresponding power consuming entity; evaluating a cost associated with complying with the received customized request to reduce electrical power usage; and returning a commitment to comply with the received customized request to reduce electrical power usage when the evaluated cost is within a threshold of acceptability and negotiating a new request to reduce electrical power usage, when the evaluated cost is greater than a threshold of acceptability, wherein the returned commitment includes a strategy for meeting the received customized request. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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