Management and monitoring of automated demand response in a multi-site enterprise

• US 8,630,744 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2011
• Issued: 01/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Walter, Gerald, Basha, Sadiq
• Primary Examiner(s): Bahta, Kidest
• Application Number:
  US13/016,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20120197458A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,082 Days
• Field of Search: 700/291, 700/286, 700/295, 700/297, 702/61, 709/224, 705/412
• US Class Current: 700/291
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00012 using an auxiliary transmission line
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00028 involving the use of Internet protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/64 The condition being economic, e.g. tariff based load management
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/144 Demand-response operation of the power transmission or distribution network
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid

Abstract

An approach for management and monitoring of auto demand response in a multi-site enterprise. It may provide awareness of upcoming demand response events, monitoring actual responses to demand response events, analysis of energy management and command system performance, an ability to opt-out of a demand response event, and management and control of the demand response strategy. At the enterprise level, an auto demand response supervisor may add management and monitoring functionality. Added capabilities may incorporate message exchanging with the site-level auto demand response service, support for user interfaces that allow event monitoring and enable management actions such as opting-out of an event. At the site level, functionality may be an extension to the auto demand response service. Added capabilities may incorporate message exchanging with the enterprise-level auto demand response supervisor service, and an event response mechanism and user interface that enable a management decision to opt-out an event.

Claims

1. A structure for management and monitoring of automated demand response in a multi-site enterprise, comprising:

a utility that supplies energy to a participant, wherein the participant is a multi-site enterprise;

an automated demand response system connected to the utility that provides demand response events;

an energy management and control system at each of two or more sites of the participant that receives energy from the utility, connected to the automated demand response system; and

an energy management and control system supervisor connected to each energy management and control system at the two or more sites;

wherein the energy management and control system supervisor is configured to allow the participant to initiate a demand response event opt-out action; and

wherein a demand response event opt-out action is any of at least two varieties of opt-out actions, the at least two varieties of opt-out actions comprising;

a global opt-out action in which each energy management and control system at the two or more sites is notified of the demand response event opt-out action; and

an individual site opt-out action in which an energy management and control system at one of the two or more sites is notified of the demand response event opt-out action.

2. The structure of claim 1, wherein an energy management and control system comprises:

an automated demand response service connected to the automated demand response system and the energy management and control system supervisor; and

a device control and demand response strategies module connected to the automated demand response service.

3. The structure of claim 2, wherein the automated demand response service comprises;

one or more processing engines;

a current event information module connected to the one or more processing engines; and

an event feedback module connected to the one or more processing engines and to the device control and demand response strategies module.

4. The structure of claim 3, wherein the automated demand response service further comprises an opt-out/opt-in user interface connected to the energy management and control system supervisor.

5. The structure of claim 4, wherein a processing engine comprises:

a communication transceiver connected to the automated demand response system;

a protocol decode logic connected to the communications transceiver and to the current event information module; and

a protocol encode logic connected to the communication transceiver and to the event feedback module.

6. The structure of claim 5, wherein the energy management and control system supervisor comprises an automated demand response monitor service.

7. The structure of claim 6, wherein the automated demand response monitor service comprises:

an automated demand response activity monitor connected to the energy management and control system; and

an opt-out/opt-in user interface connected to the opt-out/opt-in user interface of the automated demand response service.

8. The structure of claim 3, wherein:

the utility initiates a demand response event;

the automated demand response system receives the event and makes the event available for retrieval; and

the automated demand response service checks a protocol configuration of the event and invokes an appropriate processing engine.

9. The structure of claim 8, wherein:

the automated demand response service retrieves the event;

the appropriate processing engine decodes the event, normalizes event data and/or updates the current event information module; and

the current event information module detects changes in current event information which triggers and/or executes a demand response strategy from the device control and demand response strategies module; and

the device control and demand response strategies module provides updates to the event feedback module.

10. The structure of claim 8, wherein:

the appropriate processing engine encodes event feedback from the event feedback module; and

the automated demand response service transmits the event feedback to the automated demand response system.

11. The structure of claim 7, wherein:

the automated demand response service updates the automated demand response activity monitor with site-level opt-out or opt-in action; and

the automated demand response monitor service updates the automated demand response service with an opt-out or opt-in action.

12. The structure of claim 11, wherein an opt-out/opt-in action triggers updates of current event information at the current event information module.

13. An automated demand response architecture comprising:

an energy-providing entity that provides energy to a participant, the energy-providing entity having an information system;

an automated demand response system connected to the information system, the demand response system providing demand response events;

a participant enterprise management system connected to the automated demand response system; and

two or more sites of the participant connected to the participant enterprise management system, the two or more sites of the participant receiving energy from the energy-providing entity; and

wherein the participant enterprise management system comprises a supervisor having an automated demand response monitor service;

wherein the supervisor is configured to allow the participant to initiate a demand response event opt-out action; and

wherein a demand response event opt-out action is any of at least two varieties of opt-out actions, the at least two varieties of opt-out actions comprising;

a global opt-out action in which each of the two or more sites of the participant is notified of the demand response event opt-out action; and

an individual site opt-out action in which one of the two or more sites of the participant is notified of the demand response event opt-out action.

14. The architecture of claim 13, wherein each site of the participant comprises an energy management and control system having an automated demand response service module.

15. The architecture of claim 14, wherein the energy management and control system comprises:

an automated demand response service; and

a device control and demand response strategies module.

16. The architecture of claim 15, wherein:

a demand response event proceeds from the energy entity and goes to the automated demand response site energy management and control system via the automated demand response system;

the energy management and control system provides event feedback to the automated demand response system; and

the event feedback consists of at least one of a group of a demand strategy and performance metrics.

17. A system for management and monitoring of an automated demand response in a multi-site enterprise comprising:

an energy provider that provides energy to a participant at two or more sites of the participant;

an automated demand response system connected to the energy provider that provides demand response events;

an energy management and control system supervisor; and

one or more energy management and control systems of the two or more sites of the participant, the one or more energy management and control systems connected to the energy management and control system supervisor; and

wherein the energy management and control system supervisor comprises an automated demand response monitor service;

wherein the energy management and control system supervisor is configured to allow the participant to initiate a demand response event opt-out action; and

wherein a demand response event opt-out action is any of at least two varieties of opt-out actions, the at least two varieties of opt-out actions comprising;

a global opt-out action in which each of the one or more energy management and control systems is notified of the demand response event opt-out action affecting all of the two or more sites; and

an individual site opt-out action in which one of the one or more energy management and control systems is notified of the demand response event opt-out action affecting one of the two or more sites.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein an energy management and control system of the one or more energy management and control systems comprises:

an automated demand response service; and

a device control and demand response strategies module; and

wherein the automated demand response service comprises one or more processing engines.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein:

the energy provider initiates a demand response event;

the automated demand response system receives the event;

the automated demand response service retrieves the event;

the automated demand response service determines a protocol of the event; and

the automated demand response service invokes a processing engine for the protocol of the event.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein:

the processing engine decodes the event, normalizes data of the event, and updates current event information from the processing engine; and

the current event information goes to the device control and demand response strategies module.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein changes in the current event information triggers an execution of a demand response strategy at the control device and demand response strategies module.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein:

the device control and demand response strategies module provides event feedback to the processing engine; and

the event feedback comprises;

the demand response strategy;

and/or

performance metrics updates during one or more demand response events.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the event feedback is encoded and transmitted to the automated demand response system.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein the automated demand response monitor service comprises:

an automated demand response activity monitor connected to the one or more energy management and control systems of the two or more sites; and

/or

an op-tout/opt-in user interface connected to an opt-out/opt-in user interface at the automated demand response service.