Increasing the demand reduction effectiveness of an energy storage system

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing program instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to control discharge and charge cycles for an energy storage device by performing the steps of:

• determining that a first time associated with a first command lies within a first phase of a utility measurement interval;
• producing a second command from at least the first command and a first discharge value associated with the first time, wherein the first discharge value is included in a discharge guideline;
• transmitting, to a power controller, the second command in order to cause the energy storage device to discharge;
• determining that a second time associated with a third command lies within a second phase of the utility measurement interval;
• producing a fourth command from at least the third command and a first charge value associated with the second time, comprising:
• determining that the third command comprises a charge command that specifies a second charge value,
• comparing a magnitude of the second charge value to magnitude of the first charge value, wherein the first charge value is included in a charge guideline
• if the magnitude of the second charge value is less than the magnitude of the first charge value, then setting the fourth command equal to the third command, or
• if the magnitude of the second charge value is greater than or equal to the magnitude of the first charge value, then generating the fourth command that specifies the second charge value;
• and
• transmitting, to the power controller, the fourth command in order to cause the energy storage device to charge at the second charge value.

A system configured to control an energy storage device to manage power-limited events, the system comprising:

• a memory storing a hedge mode application;
• and
• a processor that is coupled to the memory and, executes the hedge mode application by:
• determining that a first time associated with a first command lies within a first phase of a utility measurement interval;
• producing a second command from at least the first command and a first discharge value associated with the first time, comprising:
• determining that the first command comprises a discharge command that specifies a second discharge value,
• comparing a magnitude of the second discharge value to a magnitude of the first discharge value, wherein:
• the first discharge value is included in a discharge guideline,
• the first discharge value is indexed by a first time tick that is included in a plurality of time ticks, and
• each time tick included in the plurality of time ticks comprises a predetermined unit of time, and
• if the magnitude of the second discharge value is greater than or equal to the magnitude of the first discharge value, then setting the second command equal to the first command, or
• if the magnitude of the second discharge value is less than the magnitude of the first discharge value, then generating the second command that specifies the first discharge value;
• transmitting, to a power controller, the second command in order to cause the energy storage device to discharge at the first discharge value at a time corresponding to the first time tick;
• determining that a second time associated with a third command lies within a second phase of the utility measurement interval;
• producing a fourth command from at least the third command and a first charge value associated with the second time, wherein the first charge value is included in a charge guideline;
• and
• transmitting, to the power controller, the fourth command in order to cause the energy storage device to charge.