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1. An apparatus for determining an operating schedule for at least one energy asset operated by an energy customer of an electricity supplier, so as to generate energy-related revenue, over a time period T, associated with operation of the at least one energy asset according to the operating schedule, wherein the energy-related revenue available to the energy customer over the time period T is based at least in part on a wholesale electricity market, the apparatus comprising:
at least one communication interface; at least one memory to store processor-executable instructions and an objective function for the at least one energy asset, wherein the at least one energy asset comprises at least one energy consuming asset, wherein the objective function facilitates a determination of the operating schedule for the at least one energy asset based at least in part on an operation characteristic of the at least one energy asset and a forecast wholesale electricity price associated with the wholesale electricity market; and at least one processing unit, communicatively coupled to the at least one communication interface and the at least one memory, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the at least one processing unit:
A) determines the operating schedule for the at least one energy asset using the objective function and a customer baseline (CBL) energy profile for at least one energy consuming asset of the energy assets, over the time period T;
wherein the CBL energy profile is computed based on applying a business-as-usual (BAU) operating schedule for the at least one energy consuming asset to a mathematical model of the operation of the at least one energy consuming asset; andB) controls the at least one communication interface to transmit to the energy customer the operating schedule for at least one energy asset determined in A), and/or controls the at least one memory so as to store the determined operating schedule. |
