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.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
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;
- wherein the server issues a power control event message in response to a power control command, wherein the power control command includes a power inquiry command requesting the server to determine an amount of power available for increase from supply;
- wherein the server determines an amount of power to be supplied from each of the at least one power supplying device;
- wherein the power control event message enables power flow from the at least one power supplying device to supply power to the electric power grid;
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- wherein the amount of power supplied by the at the 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;
- a coordinator constructed and configured for communication with the server and the at least one power supplying device;
- wherein the server issues a power control event message in response to a power control command, wherein the power control command includes a power inquiry command requesting the server to determine an amount of power available for increase from supply;
- wherein the server determines an amount of power to be supplied from each of the at least one power supplying device;
- wherein the power control event message is communicated over a network via the coordinator to at the least one power supply device;
- and
- wherein the power control event message enables power flow from the at least one power supplying device to supply power to the electric power grid.
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;
- wherein the at least one power supplying device includes at least one electric vehicle;
- wherein the server issues a power control event message in response to a power control command, wherein the power control command includes a power inquiry command requesting the server to determine an amount of power available for increase from supply;
- wherein the server determines an amount of power to be supplied from each of the at least one power supplying device;
- wherein the power control event message enables power flow from the at least one power supplying device to supply power to the electric power grid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.