Stabilizing consumer energy demand

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions readable and/or executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• setting, by the processor, a target power demand corresponding to a consumer, wherein setting the target power demand is based on a reward table for rewarding stability of power demand, wherein the reward table is received from a utility;
• performing, by the processor, a process, the process including:
• determining an actual power demand presented to the utility by the consumer, wherein determining the actual power demand includes measuring the power demand over a period of time in accordance with a process for measuring stability of power demand received from the utility;
• determining a current error, wherein the current error is a difference between the actual power demand and the target power demand;
• determining whether the actual power demand is adjustable in a direction that reduces the current error;
• reducing the current error by adjusting the actual power demand in response to determining that the actual power demand is adjustable in the direction that reduces the current error;
• and
• modifying the target power demand in response to determining that the actual power demand is not adjustable in the direction that reduces the current error.

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, the logic being configured to:
• set a target power demand corresponding to a consumer, wherein setting the target power demand is based on a reward table for rewarding stability of power demand, wherein the reward table is received from a utility;
• perform a process, the process including:
• determining an actual power demand presented to the utility by the consumer, wherein determining the actual power demand includes measuring the power demand over a period of time in accordance with a process for measuring stability of power demand received from the utility;
• determining a current error, wherein the current error is a difference between the actual power demand and the target power demand;
• determining whether the actual power demand is adjustable in a direction that reduces the current error;
• reducing the current error by adjusting the actual power demand in response to determining that the actual power demand is adjustable in the direction that reduces the current error;
• and
• modifying the target power demand in response to determining that the actual power demand is not adjustable in the direction that reduces the current error.