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US 12,372,993 B2Granted
System and methods for actively managing electric power over an electric power grid and providing revenue grade data usable for settlement
AssigneeCausam Enterprises, Inc.
InventorJoseph W. Forbes, Jr.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing power on an electric power grid including a server for communicating IP-based messages over a network with distributed power consuming devices and/or power supplying devices, the IP-based messages including information relating to activities by the power consuming devices and/or the power supplying devices; and wherein the information is transformed by the system into settlement grade data corresponding to the activities of the power consuming devices and/or the power supplying devices.
Claims20
A system for managing power information on an electric power grid, comprising:
- a server processor constructed and configured for communicating Internet Protocol-based (IP-based) messages with at least one smart thermostat, wherein the IP-based messages include information relating to activities by a plurality of power consuming devices;
- the at least one smart thermostat operable to control at least one power consuming device of the plurality of power consuming devices and receive at least one IP-based power reduction message including information relating to an amount of power to be reduced for the at least one power consuming device;
- wherein the at least one smart thermostat is further operable to automatically reduce an amount of power supplied to the at least one power consuming device in response to the at least one IP-based power reduction message;
- wherein the at least one IP-based power reduction message includes instructions for managing power control events;
- wherein the server processor is operable to transform the information relating to the activities included in the IP-based messages into measurement sufficient for market settlement compensation for a utility;
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- wherein the measurement sufficient for market settlement compensation for the utility is generated based on comparison to at least one baseline power consumption of the at least one power consuming device.
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A system for managing power information on an electric power grid, comprising:
- a server constructed and configured for communicating Internet Protocol-based (IP-based) messages with at least one smart thermostat, wherein the IP-based messages include information relating to activities of at least one power consuming device;
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- a database for storing the information relating to the activities of the at least one power consuming device, wherein the information relating to the activities of the at least one power consuming device includes power consumed by the at least one power consuming device and a curtailment value available to be reduced to the at least one power consuming device;
- wherein the server is operable to generate measurement sufficient for market settlement compensation for a utility corresponding to the activities of the at least one power consuming device;
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- wherein the measurement sufficient for market settlement compensation for the utility is generated based on comparison to at least one baseline power consumption of the at least one power consuming device.
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A system for managing power information on an electric power grid, comprising:
- a server constructed and configured for communicating Internet Protocol-based (IP-based) messages with at least one smart thermostat, wherein the IP-based messages include information relating to activities of at least one power consuming device;
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- a database for storing the information relating to the activities of the at least one power consuming device, wherein the information relating to the activities of the at least one power consuming device includes power consumed by the at least one power consuming device and power available to be reduced to the at least one power consuming device;
- wherein the server is operable to generate measurement sufficient for market settlement compensation for a utility corresponding to the activities of the at least one power consuming device;
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- wherein the measurement sufficient for market settlement compensation for the utility is generated based on comparison to at least one baseline power consumption of the at least one power consuming device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.