Method and apparatus for actively managing electric power supply for an electric power grid
AssigneeCausam Enterprises, Inc.
InventorJoseph W. Forbes, Jr.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing power supplied over an electric power grid by an electric utility and/or other market participants to a multiplicity of grid elements and devices for supply and/or load curtailment as supply, each of which having a supply equivalence value associated with its energy consumption and/or reduction in consumption and/or supply, and wherein messaging is managed through a network by a coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements and devices, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators.
Claims20
A system for supplying power on an electric power grid, comprising:
- a server, including a processor and a memory, constructed and configured for communication with at least one power supplying device via at least one client device;
- wherein the server issues a power control event message to the at least one client device in response to a power control command, wherein the power control command includes a state of charge command requesting the server to determine a state of charge;
- wherein the server determines a state of charge for each of the at least one power supplying device;
- wherein the server determines an amount of power to be supplied from each of the at least one power supplying device during at least one supply event;
- wherein the power control event message enables power flow and/or an increase in power flow from the at least one power supplying device to supply power to the electric power grid;
- wherein the at least one power supply device includes at least one battery;
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- wherein the power supplied by the at least one power supplying device is confirmed by measurement and verification.
A system for supplying power on an electric power grid, comprising:
- a server, including a processor and a memory, constructed and configured for communication with at least one power supplying device via at least one client device;
- a coordinator constructed and configured for communication with the server and the at least one client device;
- wherein the server issues a power control event message to the at least one client device in response to a power control command, wherein the power control command includes a state of charge command requesting the server to determine a state of charge;
- wherein the server determines a state of charge for each of the at least one power supplying device;
- wherein the server determines an amount of power to be supplied from each of the at least one power supplying device during at least one supply event;
- wherein the power control event message is communicated over a network via the coordinator to at the at least one client device;
- wherein the power control event message enables power flow and/or an increase in power flow from the at least one power supplying device to supply power to the electric power grid;
- wherein the power supplied by the at least one power supplying device is confirmed by measurement and verification and is transmitted to the server;
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- wherein the at least one power supplying device includes at least one electric vehicle.
A system for supplying power on an electric power grid, comprising:
- a server, including a processor and a memory, constructed and configured for communication with at least one client device;
- wherein the server issues a power control event message to the at least one client device in response to a power control command, wherein the power control command includes a state of charge command requesting the server to determine a state of charge;
- wherein the server determines a state of charge for each of the at least one power supplying device;
- wherein the server determines a state of charge for each of the at least one power supplying device during at least one supply event;
- wherein the power control event message enables power flow and/or an increase in power flow from the at least one power supplying device to supply power to the electric power grid;
- wherein the power supplied by the at least one power supplying device is confirmed by measurement and verification and is transmitted to the server;
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- wherein the at least one power supplying device includes at least one electric vehicle and/or at least one battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.