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Energy allocation for energy storage cooperation

  • US 9,837,821 B2
  • Filed: 11/21/2011
  • Issued: 12/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of allocating energy storage between a utility provider and a customer, the method comprising:

  • providing a power management system at a site of a customer of a utility provider, the power management system including a system controller and an energy storage device connected to a utility network of the utility provider, the system controller being configured to manage the charge and discharge actions of the energy storage device;

    allocating a first portion of energy stored in the energy storage device for use by the utility provider upon discharge of the first portion of energy into the utility network and allocating a second portion of energy stored in the energy storage device for use by the customer, wherein the first and second portions of energy are allocated by at least one of physically partitioning, electrically partitioning, or virtually partitioning the first and second portions of energy from each other;

    providing direct control to the utility provider over the dispatch of the first portion of energy into the utility network by granting control over the system controller to the utility provider;

    providing an incentive to the customer to reserve the first portion of energy stored in the energy storage device for use by the utility provider without transferring the first portion of energy to the utility provider;

    compensating a party other than the customer as a result of the party other than the customer allocating the second portion of energy for the use of the customer independent of the utility provider.

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