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Systems and methods for determining and utilizing customer energy profiles for load control for individual structures, devices, and aggregation of same

  • US 9,899,836 B2
  • Filed: 07/02/2015
  • Issued: 02/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining and using customer energy profiles to manage electrical load control events on a communications network between a server in communication with an electric grid operator or any market participant associated with an electric grid and a client device at each of a plurality of service points, comprising the steps of:

  • generating at the server, a customer profile for each of a plurality of customers including at least one customer energy consumption pattern for each of the plurality of customers at an associated service point;

    wherein one customer has a plurality of controllable energy consuming devices;

    wherein the at least one customer energy consumption pattern for each of the plurality of customers is determined based on a Power Supply Value (PSV) for each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices;

    wherein the PSV is calculated at each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices based on a reduction in consumed power by each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices;

    wherein the PSV is an actual value that includes a measurement and a verification of the reduction in consumed power, thereby providing for a curtailment value;

    storing a plurality of customer profiles in a database at the server for use in load control events;

    aggregating the plurality of customer profiles into a plurality of groups based on at least one predetermined criterion;

    generating at the server, a candidate list of service points for load control events based on the at least one predetermined criterion;

    sending a load control event to at least one selected service point in the candidate list of service points in response to an energy reduction request including a target energy savings received from the electric grid operator or any market participant associated with an electric grid via the communications network;

    determining at the server, a resulting energy savings for the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices resulting from the reduction in consumed power associated with the load control event at the selected service point, wherein the resulting energy savings is determined by calculating the PSV in units of a monetary equivalent market value for supplied power at that time; and

    determining at the server, if the resulting energy savings is at least equal to the target energy savings.

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