Patent ID: 9705333
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G05F,H02J,H04L,Y02A,Y02B,Y02E,Y04S

Claim:
1. A method for augmenting a local electrical circuit that distributes electricity to a room in a house in a geographical region, comprising: deploying one or more plug-in energy storage units in one or more rooms throughout the house in the geographical region for augmenting a local electrical circuit that distributes electricity to the house, the local electrical circuit having an electrical outlet connected with the local electrical circuit, each of the one or more plug-in energy storage units comprising: determining a peak demand time period for electricity demand in the geographical region, and a non-peak demand time period for the electricity demand in the geographical region; controlling at least one control unit that is connected to the at least one of the one or more plug-in energy storage units, the controlling comprising one or more of: