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Residential and small and medium business demand response

  • US 9,953,285 B2
  • Filed: 01/22/2014
  • Issued: 04/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of residential or small and medium (SMB) business demand response (DR) coordination, a method comprising:

  • prior to a DR event;

    determining, by a DR server, whether incentives for the DR event are greater than particular thresholds that trigger automated control of appliances; and

    determining, by the DR server, whether a current location of a mobile device associated with a residential/SMB customer is within a particular area based on input of a location sensor of the mobile device;

    in response to the current location of the mobile device being within the particular area and the incentives are greater than the particular thresholds;

    verifying, by the DR server, that a DR event notification does not violate a DR event notification limit that includes one or both of a maximum number of DR event notifications and a maximum frequency of DR event notifications;

    in response to the DR event notification not violating the DR event notification limit, communicating, by the DR server, the DR event notification to the mobile device, the DR event notification including DR event information pertaining to the DR event, curtailment information and the incentives related to each of the appliances associated with the residential/SMB customer that are configured to operate in a reduced consumption state in response to a control command;

    receiving, at the DR server, a notification acknowledgement from the mobile device, the notification acknowledgement indicating reception of the DR event notification by the mobile device;

    receiving, at the DR server, a participation signal from the mobile device, the participation signal being representative of at least a portion of user input, the user input including a DR event participation confirmation which indicates that the residential/SMB customer agrees to participate in the DR event and a selection of a target appliance from the appliances included in the DR event notification;

    receiving, at the DR server, feedback from the device, the feedback being based on data measured by a sensor included in the mobile device that is indicative of controlled operation of the target appliance in the reduced consumption state during the DR event;

    based at least partially on the participation signal, the feedback, and the notification acknowledgement, estimating, at the DR server, energy curtailment for the DR event, wherein a portion of the energy curtailment is operation of the target appliance at the reduced consumption state; and

    assessing, at the DR server, a participation of the residential/SMB customer based on the feedback.

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