Streamlined utility portals for managing demand-response events

A device management server of an energy management system, the device management server comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more memory devices comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, at a device management server that manages a plurality of smart-home devices, a request to pair a new smart-home device with an existing user account, wherein the existing user account is enrolled in a DR program with at least one utility provider computer system;
• pairing, at the device management server, the new smart-home device with the existing user account;
• determining, at the device management server, whether the new smart-home device satisfies predefined criteria for enrollment in the DR program;
• and
• sending, from the device management server to the at least one utility provider computer system, a transmission that indicates a total number of smart-home devices paired with the existing user account.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, at a device management server that manages a plurality of smart-home devices, a request to pair a new smart-home device with an existing user account, wherein the existing user account is enrolled in a DR program with at least one utility provider computer system;
• pairing, at the device management server, the new smart-home device with the existing user account;
• determining, at the device management server, whether the new smart-home device satisfies predefined criteria for enrollment in the DR program;
• and
• sending, from the device management server to the at least one utility provider computer system, a transmission that indicates a total number of smart-home devices paired with the existing user account.