ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

An electric power control device includes an electric power control policy storage unit which stores an electric power control policy in which the maximum electric power consumption of a charger is determined according to a customer rank indicating a degree of priority of a customer and an electric power unit price specified by a time zone, a customer identification information acquisition unit which acquires customer identification information of the customer which requests the use of the charging service, a customer rank determination unit which determines the customer rank based on customer information of the customer, and an electric power control unit which controls the maximum electric power consumption of the charger when providing the charging service to the customer based on the electric power unit price in a time zone in which the charging service is provided to the customer, the customer rank, and the electric power control policy.

主权项

1. An electric power control device comprising:
an electric power control policy storage unit which stores an electric power control policy in which the maximum electric power consumption of a charger is determined according to a customer rank indicating a degree of priority of a customer which uses a charging service in which a storage battery is charged by the charger and an electric power unit price specified by a time zone; a customer identification information acquisition unit which acquires customer identification information by which the customer which requests the use of the charging service is identified; a customer rank determination unit which determines the customer rank of the customer based on customer information about the customer identified by the customer identification information; and an electric power control unit which controls the maximum electric power consumption of the charger when providing the charging service to the customer based on the electric power unit price in the time zone in which the charging service is provided to the customer identified by the customer identification information, the customer rank of the customer identified by the customer identification information, and the electric power control policy.