System and methods for actively managing electric power over an electric power grid and providing revenue grade data usable for settlement
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1. A system for managing power information on an electric power grid, comprising:
- a server processor constructed and configured for communicating Internet Protocol-based (IP-based) messages with a plurality of power consuming devices, wherein the IP-based messages include information relating to activities by the plurality of power consuming devices;
at least one active load client operable to control at least one power consuming device and receive at least one IP-based power reduction message including information relating to an amount of power to be reduced for the at least one power consuming device;
wherein the at least one active load client is further operable to automatically reduce an amount of power supplied to the at least one power consuming device in response to the at least one IP-based power reduction message;
wherein the IP-based power reduction message includes instructions for managing power control events;
wherein the server processor is operable to transform the information included in the IP-based messages into settlement grade data; and
wherein the settlement grade data includes a quantification of revenue grade power available to be reduced by the activities of the at least one power consuming device and revenue grade power available to be supplied by the activities of the at least one power supplying device; and
wherein the settlement grade data is aggregated to reach a size of at least a single Power Trade Block (PTB) unit to trade and settle the amount of revenue grade power available to be reduced in real time or near real time.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing power on an electric power grid including a server for communicating IP-based messages over a network with distributed power consuming devices and/or power supplying devices, the IP-based messages including information relating to activities by the power consuming devices and/or the power supplying devices; and wherein the information is transformed by the system into settlement grade data corresponding to the activities of the power consuming devices and/or the power supplying devices.
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1. A system for managing power information on an electric power grid, comprising:
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a server processor constructed and configured for communicating Internet Protocol-based (IP-based) messages with a plurality of power consuming devices, wherein the IP-based messages include information relating to activities by the plurality of power consuming devices; at least one active load client operable to control at least one power consuming device and receive at least one IP-based power reduction message including information relating to an amount of power to be reduced for the at least one power consuming device; wherein the at least one active load client is further operable to automatically reduce an amount of power supplied to the at least one power consuming device in response to the at least one IP-based power reduction message; wherein the IP-based power reduction message includes instructions for managing power control events; wherein the server processor is operable to transform the information included in the IP-based messages into settlement grade data; and wherein the settlement grade data includes a quantification of revenue grade power available to be reduced by the activities of the at least one power consuming device and revenue grade power available to be supplied by the activities of the at least one power supplying device; and wherein the settlement grade data is aggregated to reach a size of at least a single Power Trade Block (PTB) unit to trade and settle the amount of revenue grade power available to be reduced in real time or near real time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for managing power information on an electric power grid, comprising:
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a server constructed and configured for communicating Internet Protocol-based (IP-based) messages with at least one power consuming device and at least one power supplying device;
wherein the IP-based messages include information relating to activities by the at least one power consuming device and the at least one power supplying device;a database for storing the information relating to the activities by the at least one power consuming device and the at least one power supplying device, wherein the information includes power consumed by the at least one power consuming device, power supplied by the at least one power supplying device, revenue grade power available to be reduced to the at least one power consuming device, and revenue grade power available to be supplied by the at least one power supplying device; wherein the server is operable to generate settlement grade data corresponding to the activities of the at least one power consuming device and the at least one power supplying device; wherein the settlement grade data includes a quantification of the revenue grade power available to be reduced by the at least one power consuming device and the revenue grade power available to be supplied by the at least one power supplying device; and wherein the settlement grade data is aggregated to reach a size of at least a single Power Trade Block (PTB) unit to trade and settle the amount of revenue grade power available to be reduced in real time or near real time. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for managing power on an electric power grid, comprising:
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a server issuing at least one power control event message responsive to a power control command requiring a reduction in an amount of electric power consumed by a plurality of power consuming devices; an event manager receiving the at least one power control event message including at least one power management status relating to each client device and issuing at least one power control event instruction responsive to the at least one power control event message; a client device manager issuing at least one power control message to at least one device control manager indicating identification of at least one controllable device to be instructed to disable a flow of electric power to or reduce the power consumed by at least one associated power consuming device responsive to the power control event instruction; the at least one device control manager issuing at least one power control instruction to the at least one controllable device responsive to the at least one power control message, wherein the at least one power control instruction causes the at least one controllable device to disable the flow of electric power to, or reduce the power consumed by the at least one associated power consuming device; and the server generating settlement grade data corresponding to activities of the at least one associated power consuming device, wherein the settlement grade data includes a quantification of the revenue grade power available to be reduced by the at least one associated power consuming device; and wherein the settlement grade data is aggregated to reach a size of at least a single Power Trade Block (PTB) unit to trade and settle the amount of revenue grade power available to be reduced in real time or near real time.
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