Patent ID: 9172274
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H02J,Y02B,Y02E,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a power distribution system including a plurality of node devices, said method comprising: storing, at a computer, at least one of a voltage profile and a power factor profile associated with each of the plurality of node devices associated with the power distribution system, wherein the plurality of node devices include a customer meter, and at least one of a substation load tap changer, a substation voltage regulator, a line voltage regulator, a capacitor bank control, a single-phase transformer, and a multi-phase transformer; storing, at the computer, at least one network hierarchy of the node devices, wherein the at least one network hierarchy of the node devices represents an organizational relationship of the node devices, wherein the at least one network hierarchy of node devices includes a plurality of tiers, wherein at least one tier of the plurality of tiers is based on individual node devices; detecting an event based on at least one of a current time and an energy demand within the power distribution system; determining, by the computer, a desired operating limitation of the power distribution system to be optimized to resolve the event; calculating, by the computer, an effect on the operating limitation based on: transmitting a command, from the computer to the at least one node device, to cause the at least one node device to modify the at least one operating parameter to facilitate optimizing an economic operation of the node devices by balancing efficiency gains with consumer energy costs and revenue changes, wherein the command transmitted from said computer to said at least one node device facilitates optimizing the desired operating limitation to resolve the event.