Patent ID: 9300138
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H02J,Y02B,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A method in an environment station of managing power consumption for a plurality of devices located in one building, each of the plurality of devices associated with an electricity relay, the method comprising: receiving from a plurality of electricity relays an indication of a current stored energy level associated with each of the plurality of electricity relays, the plurality of electricity relays comprising a distributed storage that coordinates transmitting energy levels to the plurality of devices; receiving a power rate associated with a cost of power; determining a threshold energy level based on the power rate and the current stored energy level associated with each of the plurality of electricity relays, the threshold energy level representing a threshold stored energy level; transmitting the determined threshold energy level to one or more of the plurality of electricity relays, wherein the one or more of the plurality of electricity relays determines whether to allow power to flow through the first electricity relay based on the threshold energy level and a first current stored energy level associated with the first electricity relay; monitoring an aggregate power consumed by the building; determining the aggregate power consumed by the building is near a peak load threshold; and adjusting the determined threshold energy level to reduce the aggregate power consumed by the building.