Patent ID: 8626354

Claim:
A system for normalizing automated demand response events in energy management and control systems, comprising: an energy entity that supplies energy to a customer, the energy entity initiating a demand response event; an automated demand response system receiving the demand response event from the energy entity and making the demand response event available for retrieval in a first protocol; and an energy management and control system at a site of the customer retrieving the demand response event from the automated demand response system in the first protocol; wherein the energy management and control system normalizes the demand response event into a standard format employed within the energy management and control system and provides event feedback to the automated demand response system in the first protocol; wherein the energy management and control system is further configured to and is capable of normalizing into the standard format another demand response event retrieved in a second protocol from either the automated demand response system or another automated demand response system, and providing event feedback in the second protocol; and wherein the automated demand response system is external to the energy management and control system.