Patent ID: 9377766
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G01D,G05B,Y02B,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a record receiving module that receives an electrical energy usage record for premises for a predefined time period (“record period”), and that receives property characteristics for the premises, the property characteristics comprising one or more of physical characteristics for the premises, environmental characteristics for the premises for the record period, and lifestyle characteristics of users of the premises; a load identification module that selects a load prediction algorithm to determine if a particular type of electrical load is present at the premises; a comparison module that applies the load prediction algorithm to the electrical energy usage record for the premises for at least a portion of the record period (“comparison period”) to determine if the particular type of electrical load is present at the premises, the load prediction algorithm using the property characteristics of the premises during the comparison period; a load simulation module that uses an electrical device usage model corresponding to the particular type of electrical load determined to be at the premises to create a projected energy load by simulating electrical usage of the electrical load at the premises for the comparison period, the electrical device usage model using the property characteristics of the premises for the comparison period; and a subtraction module that subtracts the projected energy load for the electrical load from the energy usage record, the load simulation module creating the projected energy load and the subtraction module subtracting the projected energy load in response to the load prediction algorithm determining that the premises includes the particular type of electrical load, wherein the load identification module selects one or more additional load prediction algorithms to determine, based on the energy usage record with the projected energy load subtracted, if one or more additional types of electrical loads are present at the premises, wherein the apparatus identifies, to one or more of an electrical utility and a third party, one or more types of electrical load that are present at the premises, wherein said modules comprise one or more of hardware and program code, the program code stored on non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage media.