Systems and methods for rapidly responding to commanded power profiles

A distributed power system comprising:

• a plurality of nodes, each node comprising an associated load;
• and
• an aggregator communicatively coupled to said plurality of nodes, said aggregator configured to:
• receive a commanded power profile from an independent service operator, the commanded power profile including a commanded power deviation for said distributed power system;
• calculate a score for each of said plurality of nodes based on a current operating power of each node;
• select a subset of said plurality of nodes based on the calculated scores;
• and
• command each node in the subset to adjust its current power by a respective predetermined amount, the predetermined amounts determined based on the commanded power deviation.

An aggregator for controlling a distributed power system, said aggregator communicatively coupled to a plurality of nodes each including an associated load, said aggregator comprising:

• a memory device;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to said memory device, said processor configured to:
• receive a commanded power profile from an independent service operator, the commanded power profile including a commanded power deviation for the distributed power system;
• calculate a score for each of the plurality of nodes based on a current operating power of each node;
• select a subset of the plurality of nodes based on the calculated scores;
• and
• command each node in the subset to adjust its current power by a respective predetermined amount, the predetermined amounts determined based on the commanded power deviation.