Patent ID: 9041349
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: B60L,H02J,Y02B,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method for scheduling a charge of a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) comprising: receiving, by a load management system, PEV information from a PEV plugged into an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), the EVSE being associated with a given transformer of a plurality of transformers for charging one or more PEV; acquiring, by a meter network, load information from each of a plurality of meters in the meter network, where one or more of the plurality of meters is associated with the given transformer; determining, by a transformer management system, transformer information for said given transformer based on load information acquired by the one or more of the plurality of meters associated with the given transformer; receiving, by the load management system, the transformer information of the given transformer associated with the EVSE; determining, by the load management system, charging information based on the PEV information and transformer information; and providing, by the load management system, the charging information to the PEV.