Transactive framework for electric vehicle charging capacity distribution

An agent associated with an electric vehicle (EV), comprising:

• a network interface configured to facilitate data communication via a network;
• a memory;
• a processing circuit comprising a processor, the processing circuit configured to:
• receive pricing information for a charging interval from a charging management system, the pricing information including information indicative of one or more of a predicted price λpred;
• receive, via a user interface, information indicative of a charging urgency from a user,
• determine an urgency value k based on the information indicative of the charging urgency,
• determine a desired charging rate PD for the EV,
• determine, based on the desired charging rate PD, a bid power Pbid for a charging interval;
• determine, based on the pricing information and the urgency value k, an agent monetary value for power during the charging interval, and
• transmit a bid including:
• a charge interval start and stop time, the agent monetary value, and the desired charging rate PD to the charging management system.

A method of allocating charging power amongst two or more electric vehicles (EVs), comprising:

• determining, by a processing circuit of a charging management system, monetary information related to an energy price;
• determining, by the processing circuit, an EV power limit PLIM for a total amount of EVs in an EV charging network;
• transmitting, by the processing circuit, the monetary information to two or more agents, each of the two or more agents associated with one of the two or more EVs in the EV charging network;
• receiving, by the processing circuit, from each of the two or more agents, a bid including:
• an agent monetary value, a desired charging rate PD, and a charging interval;
• and
• causing, by the processing circuit, the EVs associated with the two or more agents to be charged based on each of the bids.