Patent Document ID: 9880577
Application ID: 14513374
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: examining, with a processor, historical information about one or more loads during a historical time interval to identify a historical demand peak for the historical time interval, wherein the examining step includes: determining, with the processor, a highest demand peak for the one or more loads during the historical time interval by comparing the respective demand peaks of the one or more loads during the historical time interval; determining, with the processor, an average total demand for the one or more loads during the historical time interval; and calculating, with the processor, a target total demand for the one or more loads as the greater of: a first proportion times the highest total demand for one or more loads, and a second proportion times the average total demand for the one or more loads; predicting, with the processor, utilizing real-time information about the one or more loads, a future demand peak for a future time interval subsequent to the historical time interval; and curtailing, with the processor, using a tuning operation, the one or more loads to prevent the future demand peak from exceeding the historical demand peak.