Methods for managing energy services for assets

A method of managing energy service for a plurality of assets of different types connected to a plurality of grid connection points, the method comprising:

• determining, by a respective asset among the plurality of assets before realizing the energy service, a quantity of the energy service to be realized by the respective asset during a connection event;
• responsive to the respective asset being of a first type, detecting by the asset a grid connection point identifier that identifies an associated grid connection point among the plurality of grid connection points associated with the respective asset of the first type used for the connection event;
• sending to an energy services controller, by the respective asset after realizing the energy service and while the asset is not connected to the associated grid connection point, connection event information, wherein the connection event information includes at least one of:
• the determined quantity of the energy service and an asset identifier, responsive to the respective asset not being of the first type, and
• the determined quantity of the energy service and the detected grid connection point identifier, responsive to the respective asset being of the first type;
• for each respective asset:
• positioning an identification module in an operating range of an identification tag associated with the associated grid connection point used by the respective asset for the energy service during the connection event, and
• reading, by the identification module, the identifier of the associated grid connection point;
• receiving, by the respective asset, a signal indicating one or more energy services being offered;
• selecting, by the respective asset, at least one of the one or more offered energy services, as the energy service to be managed, wherein the selected energy service includes power from the respective asset to the associated grid connection point;
• realizing, by the respective asset, the energy service responsive to the connection event information sent by the respective asset,
• storing, in a lookup table, an identifier for each of the respective assets among the plurality of assets and an identifier for an associated, predetermined account;
• referencing, using the lookup table, the predetermined account associated with the respective asset connected during the connection event based on a sent asset indicator;
• and
• adjusting the referenced predetermined account based on the sent connection event information associated with the respective asset,
• wherein the respective asset is connected to the associated grid connection point via an adapter and wherein the method further comprises:
• receiving, by the adapter, an energy service signal indicating operating set points for the respective asset,
• communicating, by the adapter, the indicated operating set points to the respective asset using a communication protocol of the respective asset,
• measuring, by the adapter, the determined quantity of the energy services realized by the respective asset,
• communicating, by the adapter to the energy services controller, the determined quantity information of the energy services actually realized by the respective asset, and
• sending, by the adapter to the respective asset, received updated operating set points for the respective asset that are updated based on at least the communicated quantity information.