ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

An energy management system utilizing a home automation aggregation controller provides a retail energy supplier with means to manage electric energy supply characteristics.

主权项

1. An energy management system comprising:
an electric utility business including an electric distribution utility; supply lines of the electric distribution utility interconnecting with loads at customer sites; an ancillary services manager including a retail energy supplier (“RES”) and an automation aggregation controller (“AAC”); a balance manager for balancing electricity production and demand; the ancillary services manager for receiving data from the electric utility business and bidirectionally exchanging data with the customer sites; the balance manager for bidirectionally exchanging data with each of the electric utility business and the ancillary services manager; and, wherein the ancillary services manager aggregates customers into groups for levelizing group electric power demand and the retail energy supplier determines power purchase terms suited to each group.