ARRANGEMENT FOR COMMUNICATING DEMAND RESPONSE RESOURCE INCENTIVES

摘要

An approach for influencing demand response event performance through a variable incentive signal. Automated demand response programs may achieve an energy demand reduction by signaling participating consumers to curtail energy usage for a certain period of time, referred to as an “event”. Customers may be free to “opt-out” and withdraw their participation from DR events, on a per-event basis. When a participant opts out, the quantity of energy savings of the event may be reduced. Participating customers may be sent a message offering an incentive to tolerate an ongoing DR event. As the event progresses, the DR operator may dynamically monitor and modulate the rate of opt-outs. The present approach may be different in that instead of modulating the number of participants that are included in the event, it may modulate an incentive signal to keep already-included participants from opting out.

主权项

1. An energy management arrangement comprising:
a mobile device; a utility information system; and an energy management system; and wherein: the mobile device has a wireless connection with the utility information system and the energy management system for communicating incentives to not opt out or to opt in an energy management arrangement, data and commands for managing consumption of energy; the utility information system is incorporated by a utility; the energy management system is incorporated by a facility; and the facility can consume energy provided by the utility.