Patent ID: 9600790
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B60L,G06Q,H02J,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Claim:
1. A method for operating a response system for responding to electric power grid conditions, the response system having a controller and a database, the method comprising: identifying a portion of an electric power grid for a power response; identifying, based at least on data from a database, a plurality of mobile energy resources; identifying, by the controller, at least one connection site; determining, by the controller, for each of the identified plurality of mobile energy resources a proximity to the at least one connection site; determining, using at least data for the plurality of mobile energy resources, for each of the identified plurality of mobile energy resources a dispatch capacity; determining, by the controller, a rating for each of the identified plurality of mobile energy resources, wherein the rating is based partially on the proximity to the identified at least one connection site and partially on the dispatch capacity; selecting, by the controller, based on the determined rating, one or more mobile energy resources from the plurality of mobile energy resources; dispatching the selected one or more mobile energy resources to the at least one connection site such that upon (1) traveling to the at least one connection site and (2) connecting to the identified at least one connection site the selected one or more mobile energy resources feed power into or receive power from the power grid.