Patent ID: 9514428
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G05B,G06Q,H02J,Y02B,Y02E,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for determining an operating schedule of a controller of at least one energy storage asset operated by an energy customer of an electricity supplier, so as to generate energy-related revenue, over a time period T, associated with operation of the at least one energy storage asset according to the operating schedule, wherein the energy-related revenue available to the energy customer over the time period T is based at least in part on a regulation market and/or a wholesale electricity market, the apparatus comprising: at least one communication interface; at least one memory to store processor-executable instructions and a mathematical model for the at least one energy storage asset, wherein the at least one energy storage asset comprises at least one electric vehicle and/or at least one hybrid electric vehicle, wherein the mathematical model facilitates a determination of the operating schedule for the controller of the at least one energy storage asset based at least in part on an operation characteristic of the at least one energy storage asset, an energy-generating capacity of at least one energy generating asset in communication with the energy storage asset, and (i) a regulation price associated with the regulation market and/or (ii) a forecast wholesale electricity price associated with the wholesale electricity market; and at least one processing unit, communicatively coupled to the at least one communication interface and the at least one memory, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the at least one processing unit: A) determines the operating schedule for the controller of the at least one energy storage asset based on an optimization process using the mathematical model; and B) controls the at least one communication interface to transmit to the energy customer the operating schedule for the controller of the at least one energy storage asset determined in A), and/or controls the at least one memory so as to store the determined operating schedule for the controller, wherein the operating schedule for the controller of the at least one energy storage asset specifies a first time interval within the time period T for use of the energy storage asset in the regulation market and a second time interval within the time period T for use of the energy storage asset in the wholesale electricity market.