Open automated demand response (OpenADR) server

A system comprising:

• a memory:
• a processing device of a first Open Automatic Demand Response (OpenADR)-compliant server, operatively coupled to the memory to:
• receive, from a second OpenADR 2.0-compliant server, an OpenADR 2.0-compliant virtual end node (VEN), or a building energy management system, a first message that represents an OpenADR-conformant message, the first message comprising a value indicating a level of energy consumption associated with one or more energy consuming or producing devices, the first OpenADR-compliant server to provide one or more instructions to an endpoint device operable to control the one or more energy consuming or producing devices, wherein the level of energy consumption comprises a block of energy allocated to the one or more energy consuming or producing devices, the block being representative of a total amount of energy available for consumption during a time period;
• and
• responsive to determining that the energy consumption of the one or more energy consuming or producing devices during the time period has reached an associated historical consumption peak before the time period has ended, the historical consumption peak being based on historical energy use by the one or more energy consuming or producing devices:
• consult a current real-time market energy price;
• and
• responsive to determining that the current real-time market energy price is above a first threshold and responsive to a predicted energy-use overage in a remaining time of the block, transmit the one or more instructions to the endpoint device to cause the one or more energy consuming or producing devices to implement a load shed based on an available shed amount, wherein the first OpenADR-compliant server minimizes charges due to the current real-time market energy price.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a processing device of a first Open Automatic Demand Response (OpenADR)-compliant server, cause the processing device to:

• receive, from a second OpenADR 2.0-compliant server, an OpenADR 2.0-compliant virtual end node (VEN), or a building energy management system, a first message that represents an OpenADR-conformant message, the first message comprising a value indicating a level of energy consumption associated with one or more energy consuming or producing devices, the first OpenADR-compliant server to provide one or more instructions to an endpoint device operable to control the one or more energy consuming or producing devices, wherein the level of energy consumption comprises a block of energy allocated to the one or more energy consuming or producing devices, the block being representative of a total amount of energy available for consumption during a time period;
• and
• responsive to determining that the energy consumption of the one or more energy consuming or producing devices during the time period has reached an associated historical consumption peak before the time period has ended, the historical consumption peak being based on historical energy use by the one or more energy consuming or producing devices:
• consult a current real-time market energy price;
• and
• responsive to determining that the current real-time market energy price is above a first threshold and responsive to a predicted energy-use overage in a remaining time of the block, transmit the one or more instructions to the endpoint device to cause the one or more energy consuming or producing devices to implement a load shed based on an available shed amount, wherein the first OpenADR-compliant server minimizes charges due to the current real-time market energy price.