Systems and methods for determining and utilizing customer energy profiles for load control for individual structures, devices, and aggregation of same
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United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H02J-003/00
G06Q-010/00
H02J-003/14
G06Q-030/02
G05B-015/02
출원번호
US-0790555
(2015-07-02)
등록번호
US-9899836
(2018-02-20)
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/ 주소
Forbes, Jr., Joseph W.
출원인 / 주소
CAUSAM ENERGY, INC.
대리인 / 주소
NEO IP
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A system and method for creating and making use of customer profiles, including energy consumption patterns. Devices within a service point, using the active load director, may be subject to control events, often based on customer preferences. These control events cause the service point to use less
A system and method for creating and making use of customer profiles, including energy consumption patterns. Devices within a service point, using the active load director, may be subject to control events, often based on customer preferences. These control events cause the service point to use less power. Data associated with these control events, as well as related environment data, are used to create an energy consumption profile for each service point. This can be used by the utility to determine which service points are the best targets for energy consumption. In addition, an intelligent load rotation algorithm determines how to prevent the same service points from being picked first each time the utility wants to conserve power.
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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 o
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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; anddetermining at the server, if the resulting energy savings is at least equal to the target energy savings. 2. The method of claim 1, further including the step of transforming the PSV for each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices into an aggregate power supply value. 3. The method of claim 2, further including the step of associating the aggregate power supply value with the plurality of groups. 4. The method of claim 1, further including the step of sending the load control event to the at least one selected additional service point in the candidate list of service points in order to reach the target energy savings. 5. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining an individual service point selection criterion for each of a plurality of service points aggregated into each group. 6. The method of claim 5, further comprising selecting the at least one selected service point based on the individual service point selection criterion. 7. The method of claim 5, wherein the individual service point selection criterion includes any one of a sequential selection, a random selection, and a selection based on a number of previous control events sent to the at least one selected service point. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one predetermined criterion for aggregating the plurality of customer profiles into the plurality of groups includes any one of a random selection, a drift factor, a logical geodetic point, an efficiency rating for each controllable energy consuming device at an associated service point, a customer preference, a proximity to a transmission line, a pricing signal, and a priority for an emergency situation. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the reduction in consumed power associated with the load control event for a load to be controlled includes native load and/or operating reserves including regulating, spinning, and non-spinning types. 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising resuming sending load control events to at least one previously selected service point until the target energy savings is reached. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the customer profile further includes identification of any power generating device at the associated service point that can be added to an electrical power grid in response to any load control event sent to the selected service point. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the customer profile for each of the plurality of customers further includes at least one of a customer name, a customer address, a meter identifier, and controllable device information for each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices at the selected service point. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the customer profile for each of the plurality of customers further includes a plurality of variability factors resulting in a unique energy consumption pattern at the associated service point. 14. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating an energy consumption pattern for each service point that reflects an amount of energy used by each service point to maintain a normal mode of operation. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising deriving a performance curve for each service point, and determining an amount of energy reduction that can be realized from the load control event at each service point. 16. A system 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: a memory storing a database containing a plurality of customer profiles for load control events wherein each customer profile includes at least energy consumption information for a plurality of controllable energy consuming devices at an associated service point;a server processor, cooperative with the memory, and configured for managing electrical load control events on the communications network to the plurality of service points by: generating a customer profile for each of a plurality of customers; aggregating the plurality of customer profiles into a plurality of groups based on at least one predetermined criterion of energy consumption; wherein one customer has a plurality of controllable energy consuming devices; wherein the at least one predetermined criterion of energy consumption 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;generating a candidate list of service points for load control events based on the at least one predetermined criterion of energy consumption;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 a resulting energy savings for the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices resulting from the load control event at the selected service point, wherein the resulting energy savings is determined by calculating the PSV for each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices in units of a monetary equivalent market value for the reduction in the consumed power; anddetermining if the resulting energy savings is at least equal to the target energy savings. 17. The system of claim 16, wherein the system is further operable for sending the load control event to at least one selected additional service point in the candidate list of service points in order to reach the target energy savings. 18. The system of claim 16, wherein the power supply value for each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices is transformed into an aggregate power supply value that is compared to the target energy savings for the load control event. 19. The system of claim 16, wherein the server processor is further configured for associating an aggregate power supply value with the plurality of groups. 20. The system of claim 16, wherein the server processor is further configured for sending the load control event to at least one selected additional service point in the candidate list of service points in order to reach the target energy savings. 21. The system of claim 16, wherein the server processor is further configured for selecting the at least one selected service point based on an individual service point criterion for each of a plurality of service points aggregated into each group.
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