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US20180183237A1 - Systems and methods for determining and utilizing customer energy profiles for load control for individual structures, devices, and aggregation of same - Google Patents
US20180183237A1
US20180183237A1 US15/898,701 US201815898701A US2018183237A1 US 20180183237 A1 US20180183237 A1 US 20180183237A1 US 201815898701 A US201815898701 A US 201815898701A US 2018183237 A1 US2018183237 A1 US 2018183237A1
US15/898,701
2015-07-02 Priority to US14/790,555 priority patent/US9899836B2/en
2018-02-19 Application filed by Causam Energy Inc filed Critical Causam Energy Inc
2018-02-19 Priority to US15/898,701 priority patent/US20180183237A1/en
2018-06-28 Publication of US20180183237A1 publication Critical patent/US20180183237A1/en
2018-07-31 Assigned to BCIP VENTURES LLC reassignment BCIP VENTURES LLC ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: FORBES, JOSEPH W., JR.
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Systems and methods for managing electrical load control events in an electric power grid are disclosed. A server processor is operable to generate an energy consumption profile for each of the plurality of service points. Each energy consumption profile comprises energy consumption information for a plurality of controllable energy consuming devices. The server processor selects at least one service point from the plurality of service points based on a predetermined criterion and sends at least one load control event to the at least one service point in response to an energy reduction request. The server processor determines an energy saving resulting from the at least one load control event at the at least one service point. The energy saving is determined based on a monetary supply equivalent value for each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices.
This application relates to and claims priority from the following U.S. Patent Applications. This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/790,555 filed Jul. 2, 2015, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/464,665 filed May 4, 2012 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,177,323, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/019,867 filed Feb. 2, 2011 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,996,183. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/019,867 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/715,124 filed on Mar. 1, 2010 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,010,812, which is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/895,909 filed on Aug. 28, 2007 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,715,951. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/019,867 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/715,195 filed on Mar. 1, 2010 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,032,233, which is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/895,909 filed on Aug. 28, 2007 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,715,951. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/019,867 is further a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/001,819 filed on Dec. 13, 2007, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/895,909 filed on Aug. 28, 2007 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,715,951. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/019,867 is further a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/775,979 filed on May 7, 2010 now U.S. Pat. No. 8,396,606. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/775,979 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/001,819 filed Dec. 12, 2007, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/895,909 filed on Aug. 28, 2007 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,715,951. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/775,979 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/895,909 filed on Aug. 28, 2007 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,715,951. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/775,979 also claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) upon U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/215,725 filed on May 8, 2009. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/019,867 is further a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/783,415 filed on May 19, 2010 now abandoned. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/783,415 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/715,124 filed on Mar. 1, 2010 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,010,812, which is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/895,909 filed on Aug. 28, 2007 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,715,951. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/783,415 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/001,819 filed on Dec. 13, 2007, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/895,909 filed on Aug. 28, 2007 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,715,951. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/783,415 also claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) upon U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/216,712 filed on May 20, 2009. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/019,867 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/896,307 filed on Oct. 1, 2010 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,527,107. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/896,307 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/715,124 filed Mar. 1, 2010 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,010,812, which is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/895,909 filed Aug. 28, 2007 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,715,951. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/896,307 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/715,195 filed Mar. 1, 2010 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,032,233, which is also a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/895,909 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,715,951. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/896,307 is further a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/702,640 filed Feb. 9, 2010 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,131,403. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/702,640 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/895,909 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,715,951. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/702,640 also claims priority upon U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/150,978 filed Feb. 9, 2009 and U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/176,752 filed May 8, 2009. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/896,307 further claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) upon U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/279,072 filed on Oct. 15, 2009. All of the above mentioned documents are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
The smart breaker module controller 306 formats, sends, and receives messages to and from the smart breaker module 400. In one embodiment, the communications is preferably through a BPL connection. In such embodiment, the smart breaker module controller 306 includes a BPL modem and operations software. The smart breaker module 400 contains individual smart breakers 402-412, wherein each smart breaker 402-412 includes an applicable modem (e.g., a BPL modem when BPL is the networking technology employed) and is preferably in-line with power supplied to a single appliance or other device. The B 1-BN counter manager 316 determines and stores real time power usage for each installed smart breaker 402-412. For example, the counter manager 316 tracks or counts the amount of power used by each smart breaker 402-412 and stores the counted amounts of power in a memory of the active load client 300 associated with the counter manager 316.
1. A method for managing electrical load control events in an electric power grid, comprising:
generating a plurality of energy consumption profiles for a plurality of service points, wherein each of the plurality of energy consumption profile comprises energy consumption information for a plurality of controllable energy consuming devices;
selecting at least one service point from the plurality of service points based on an individual service point selection criterion;
sending at least one load control event to the at least one service point in response to an energy reduction request including a target energy saving;
determining an energy saving resulting from the at least one load control event at the at least one service point, wherein the energy saving is based on a monetary supply equivalent value for each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices, wherein the monetary supply equivalent value is a measurement and a verification of a reduction in consumed power by each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices, and wherein the monetary supply equivalent value is a curtailment value as a supply accepted by governing entities.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the plurality of energy consumption profiles in a database and aggregating the plurality of energy consumption profiles into a plurality of energy consumption profile groups.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a candidate list of service points and selecting at least one service point from the candidate list of service points based on the individual service point selection criterion.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the individual service point selection criterion is selected from the group consisting of sequential selection of service points, random selection, and selection based on a number of previous control events.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the energy saving is at least equal to the target energy saving.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending at least one additional load control event to at least one additional service point to reach the target energy saving if the energy saving from the at least one load control event is less than the target energy saving.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices includes a plurality of controllable temperature control devices or building control systems.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the energy consumption information includes a set point for a climate-controlled device, an energy use in a specified time period, an energy saving in a specified time period, a drift time per unit temperature, or a power time per unit temperature.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein each energy consumption profile further includes a plurality of variability factors resulting in a unique energy consumption pattern at an associated service point.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising transforming the measurement and the verification of the reduction in consumed power into a power supply value (PSV) corresponding to each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices and aggregating a plurality of PSVs corresponding to the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices into at least one aggregate PSV.
11. A system for managing electrical load control events in an electric power grid, comprising:
a server processor coupled with a database in network communication with a plurality of service points;
wherein the server processor is operable to generate an energy consumption profile for each of the plurality of service points, wherein each energy consumption profile comprises energy consumption information for a plurality of controllable energy consuming devices;
wherein the server processor is operable to select at least one service point from the plurality of service points based on a predetermined criterion, and send at least one load control event to the at least one service point in response to an energy reduction request including a target energy saving received from an electric grid operator;
wherein the server processor is operable to determine an energy saving resulting from the at least one load control event at the at least one service point, wherein the energy saving is determined based on a monetary supply equivalent value for each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices, wherein the monetary supply equivalent value is a measurement and a verification of a reduction in consumed power by each of the plurality of controllable energy consuming devices, and wherein the monetary supply equivalent value is a curtailment value as a supply accepted by governing entities.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein the database is operable to store the energy consumption profile for each of the plurality of service points at each of the plurality of service points.
13. The system of claim 11, wherein the server processor is operable to create the energy consumption profile based on data including set points, energy and average energy used in a given time period, energy and average energy saved in a given time period, drift time per unit temperature and average drift time per unit temperature, and power time per unit temperature and average power time per unit temperature.
14. The system of claim 11, wherein the energy consumption profile comprises a customer name, a customer address, a geodetic location, a meter identification (ID), customer programs, device information, customer energy consumption patterns, and a connection and disconnection profile.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein the device information includes device type, manufacturer, and/or brand information.
16. The system of claim 14, wherein the connection and disconnection profile includes service priority and disconnection instructions.
17. The system of claim 11, wherein the server processor is further operable to determine a drift associated with the at least one service point, wherein the drift is an amount of time for a climate-controlled device to move from a set point temperature to an upper or lower temperature boundary defined in the energy consumption profile.
18. The system of claim 11, wherein the server processor is further operable to determine a power time associated with the at least one service point, wherein the power time is an amount of time for a climate-controlled device to move from an upper or lower temperature boundary defined in the energy consumption profile to a set point temperature.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein the set point temperature is a temperature between the upper and the lower temperature boundary defined in the energy consumption profile.
20. The system of claim 11, wherein the server processor is further operable to derive a performance curve for the at least one service point and determine an amount of energy reduction that can be realized from the at least one load control event at the at least one service point.
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