# US 2020/0401176 A1 · Method and Apparatus for Actively Managing Electric Power Supply for an Electric Power Grid > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0401176 A1 - Document ID: US20200401176A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/012,739 - Filed: 2020-09-04 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2012-07-14 - Assignees: Causam Enterprises, Inc. - Applicants: Causam Enterprises, Inc. - Inventors: Joseph W. Forbes, JR. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401176A1 ## CPC - G05F 1/66: Regulating electric power - G05B 15/02: electric - H02J 3/14: by switching loads on to, or off from, the networks, e.g. progressively balanced loading - H02J 3/322: {the battery being on-board an electric or hybrid vehicle, e.g. vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G], power aggregation, use of the battery for network load balancing, coordinated or cooperative battery charging} - H02J 3/38: Arrangements for feeding a single network from two or more generators or sources in parallel; Arrangements for feeding already energised networks from additional generators or sources in parallel - H02J 9/061: {for DC powered loads} - H02J 13/00: Circuit arrangements for providing remote monitoring or remote control of equipment in a power distribution network - H02J 13/10: characterised by displaying of information or by user interaction, e.g. supervisory control and data acquisition [SCADA] systems - H02J 13/1337: {involving the use of Internet protocols} - H02J 13/14: the power network being locally controlled, e.g. home energy management systems [HEMS] - H02J 13/333: the equipment forming part of substations - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - H02J 2105/42: Home appliances - Y02B 70/30: Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level - Y02B 70/3225: Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving - Y02B 90/20: Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector (smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00) - Y02E 10/56: Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers - Y02E 10/76: Power conversion electric or electronic aspects - Y02E 60/00: Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation - Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations - Y04S 20/12: Energy storage units, uninterruptible power supply [UPS] systems or standby or emergency generators, e.g. in the last power distribution stages - Y04S 20/222: Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving - Y04S 20/242: Home appliances - Y04S 20/248: UPS systems or standby or emergency generators - G05F: SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-20. (canceled) ### Claim 21 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; and wherein the amount of power supplied by the at the least one power supplying device is confirmed by measurement and verification. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The system of claim 21, wherein the at least one power supplying device includes at least one electric vehicle. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The system of claim 21, further comprising a database for storing information relating to an amount of power supply to be provided to the electric power grid or to be made available as supply to the electric power grid. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The system of claim 21, wherein the electric power grid is a microgrid. ### Claim 25 (depends on 21) The system of claim 21, further comprising a coordinator or an energy management system constructed and configured for communication with the server and the at least one power supplying device, and wherein the power control event message is communicated over a network via the coordinator or the energy management system to the at least one power supplying device. ### Claim 26 (depends on 21) The system of claim 21, wherein each of the at least one power supplying device is associated with at least one profile. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The system of claim 26, wherein the at least one profile provides automated controls for the timing and priority of enablement of power supply from each of the at least one power supplying device associated with the at least one profile. ### Claim 28 (depends on 21) The system of claim 21, wherein the power control command enables power flow from native supply sources and operating reserves. ### Claim 29 (depends on 21) The system of claim 21, wherein the power control command is initiated from a market participant, a utility, or an electric grid operator. ### Claim 30 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. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The system of claim 30, wherein the at least one power supplying device includes at least one electric vehicle. ### Claim 32 (depends on 30) The system of claim 30, further comprising a database for storing information relating to an amount of power supply to be provided to the electric power grid or to be made available for supply to the electric power grid. ### Claim 33 (depends on 30) The system of claim 30, wherein the electric power grid is a microgrid. ### Claim 34 (depends on 30) The system of claim 30, wherein each of the at least one power supplying device is associated with at least one profile. ### Claim 35 (depends on 34) The system of claim 34, wherein the at least one profile provides automated controls for the timing and priority of enablement of power supply from each of the at least one power supplying device associated with the at least one profile. ### Claim 36 (depends on 30) The system of claim 30, wherein the power control command enables power flow from native supply sources and operating reserves. ### Claim 37 (depends on 30) The system of claim 30, wherein the power control command is initiated from a market participant, a utility, or an electric grid operator. ### Claim 38 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. ### Claim 39 (depends on 38) The system of claim 38, wherein each of the at least one power supplying device is associated with at least one profile. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The system of claim 39, wherein the at least one profile provides automated controls for the timing and priority of enablement of power supply from each of the at least one power supplying device associated with the at least one profile.