Patent ID: 9691076
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06N,G06Q,Y02B,Y02D,Y02P,Y04S

Claim:
1. A demand response control system for controlling a load from a utility consumed by a facility of a customer in a demand response program, the system comprising: a utility and/or independent service operator (ISO), comprising: wherein: a model of each customer in a demand response program is developed from data in the storage mechanism, with the processor, wherein the data includes values associated with the customer for a plurality of factors; and a ranking of each customer is developed relative to other customers for each factor of two or more factors of the plurality of factors; intersection groups are developed by grouping customers with the same rankings in each factor of the two or more factors; and a table having rows and columns is developed with the intersection groups either the rows or columns and each factor of the two or more factors in the other of the rows or columns, wherein each cell at a cross-section of an intersection group and a factor is a value indicating a magnitude value of the intersection group for that factor; one or more intersection groups are selected from the table to meet an objective of a DR event of the DR program and control signals are sent from the utility and/or independent service operator (ISO) to each facility of each customer in the selected one or more intersection groups to affect a load on the utility in response to the DR event and maintain a balance of supply from the utility and demand on the utility the two or more factors include recency, frequency, and load; each customer is ranked relative to other customers for each of recency, frequency, and load; and each customer is categorized into an intersection group according to the customer's ranking for frequency, load, and recency.