Patent Document ID: 10101050
Application ID: 15374552
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A thermostat management server comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memory devices comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: receiving, from a plurality of thermostats, information that characterizes energy usage associated with the plurality of thermostats; receiving, from a utility provider computer system, parameters characterizing proposed future demand-response events; selecting a combination of thermostats from the plurality of thermostats for which the energy usage can be reduced; simulating a demand response event based on the parameters and using different weather conditions for the combination of the plurality of thermostats; generating statistical probabilities of meeting a plurality of capacity reduction levels based on the different weather conditions; selecting a capacity reduction level from the plurality of capacity reduction levels based on the statistical probabilities; and sending the capacity reduction level to the utility provider computer system.