发明名称 Method and apparatus for actively managing electric power over an electric power grid
摘要 Systems and methods for managing power supplied over an electric power grid by an electric utility and/or other market participants to multiple power consuming devices, each of which having a Power Supply Value (PSV) associated with its energy consumption and/or reduction in consumption. Power flow to the power consuming devices is selectively enabled and disabled, or power-reduced thereto, by one or more controllable devices controlled by the client device. Power control messages from a controlling server indicate amounts of electric power to be reduced and an identification of at least one controllable device to be instructed to disable or reduce a flow of electric power to one or more associated power consuming devices.
申请公布号 US9207698(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.12.08
申请号 US201213528596 申请日期 2012.06.20
申请人 Causam Energy, Inc. 发明人 Forbes, Jr. Joseph W.
分类号 G06Q50/06;H02J3/14;G05F1/66;H02J3/32;G05B15/02;H04L29/08;H04L29/06 主分类号 G06Q50/06
代理机构 Triangle Patents, PLLC 代理人 Triangle Patents, PLLC
主权项 1. A system for managing power on an electric power grid that is constructed and configured for supplying and receiving power from a multiplicity of sources, where the power flows to a plurality of power consuming devices or is generated by a plurality of power generation and storage solutions that are energized, de-energized, and/or power-reduced by a plurality of controllable devices, the system comprising: a server comprising a command processor operable to receive or initiate power control commands and issue power control event messages responsive thereto, at least one of the power control commands requiring a reduction in an amount of electric power consumed by the plurality of power consuming devices; an event manager operable to receive the power control event messages, maintain at least one power management status relating to each client device and issue power control event instructions responsive to the power control event messages that may be initiated from a market participant, a utility, or an electric grid operator; a database for storing information relating to power consumed by the plurality of power consuming devices and generating a Power Supply Value (PSV) for each of the plurality of power consuming devices based upon historical consumption, real-time consumption and baseline consumption data for each of the plurality of power consuming devices; wherein the PSV is a monetary supply equivalent value; and wherein the PSV provides for a curtailment value as a requirement for providing supply to the power grid; a client device manager in communication with the event manager and the database, the client device manager selecting from the database, based on the PSV for each of the plurality of power consuming devices, at least one client device to which to issue a power control message indicating at least one of an amount of electric power to be reduced and identification of at least one controllable device to be instructed to disable a flow of electric power or reduce settings corresponding to power consumption to one or more associated power consuming devices responsive to receipt of a power control event instruction requiring a reduction in a specified amount of electric power; and a device control manager in communication with the at least one controllable device for issuing a power control instruction to the at least one controllable device responsive to the received power control message; wherein the power control instruction causes the at least one controllable device to selectively disable a flow of electric power to at least one associated power consuming device for reducing consumed power; and wherein the system is operable for providing operating reserves for grid stability of the electric power grid; and wherein the system is operable for providing operating reserves based upon the reduction in the specified amount of electric power, by aggregating the PSV of each of the plurality of the power consuming devices to provide at least one Power Trade Block (PTB) unit.
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