Systems and methods to aggregate loads for demand response events

摘要

A method includes receiving at least one event parameter for a demand response event and identifying a pool of customers. The pool of customers includes a plurality of customers potentially usable to support the demand response event. Characteristics of each customer in the pool of customers are retrieved and a plurality of groups of customers are created from the pool of customers based on the retrieved characteristics and the at least one event parameter.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving at least one event parameter for a demand response event; identifying a pool of customers, comprising a plurality of customers potentially usable to support the demand response event; retrieving characteristics of each customer in the pool of customers; and creating a plurality of groups of customers from the pool of customers based on the retrieved characteristics and the at least one event parameter by:
selecting a size of the plurality of groups;determining a number of groups based on the size and a total number of determined type of power consuming devices of the plurality of customers; andassigning the determined type of power consuming devices to the plurality of groups based on a distance of the determined type of power consuming devices to respective transformers, wherein the retrieved characteristics of each customer at least comprise the determined type of power consuming devices.