Patent ID: 9698616
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B60L,H02J,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Claim:
1. A method for restoring service within an electrical power system, the method comprising: identifying a restoration path for an outage area within the electrical power system; selecting a mobile energy resource connection site that is electrically connected to at least one of the restoration path and the outage area; sending power injection requests to a first plurality of mobile energy resources, at least some of which are proximate the mobile energy resource connection site, the power injection requests comprising requests for the first plurality of mobile energy resources to inject power; receiving power injection acceptances from participating ones of the first plurality of mobile energy resources; determining a first available power injection from the participating ones of the first plurality of mobile energy resources; implementing the restoration path to inject power from one or more of the first plurality of mobile energy resources to the restoration path when the first available power injection has a magnitude greater than required to permit restoring service to at least a portion of the outage area, wherein the restoration path includes a portion of a distribution feeder of a utility power grid; sending power injection requests to a second plurality of mobile energy resources proximate the connection site when the first available power injection has a magnitude less than required to permit restoring service to the portion of the outage area; receiving power injection acceptances from participating ones of the second plurality of mobile energy resources; determining a second available power injection from participating ones of the first and second pluralities of mobile energy resources; and implementing the restoration path when the second available power injection has a magnitude greater than required-to permit restoring service to the portion of the outage area.