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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 9,177,323 B2
  • Filed: 05/04/2012
  • Issued: 11/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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 plurality of customers at 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 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;

    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;

    wherein governing entities accept the PSV and award supply equivalence based on the PSV;

    storing the 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 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, an energy savings for the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices resulting from the load control event at the selected service point;

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

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