Providing demand response participation
AssigneeOpower, Inc.
InventorsAgustin Fonts, Ryan Devenish, David Byron, Thomas E. Darci
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Abstract
A method and system for providing information about participation in a utility demand response (DR) event by a plurality of utility customers receives information regarding participation in the DR event by the plurality of utility customers, determines DR event feedback information using a processor and the received information regarding participation in the DR event, and provides the DR event feedback information to at least one utility customer from among the plurality of utility customers.
Claims15
A method for providing information about participation in a utility demand response (DR) event by a plurality of utility customers, the method performed by a computing device including at least a processor, the method comprising:
- receiving information regarding participation in the DR event by the plurality of utility customers;
- determining DR event feedback information using the processor and the received information regarding participation in the DR event;
- determining, by the processor, a percentage or a number of utility customers participating in the DR event based on at least the DR event feedback information;
- providing the DR event feedback information to a client device associated with at least one utility customer from among the plurality of utility customers;
- wherein the providing comprises transmitting, to the client device for display on the client device, the percentage or the number of utility customers participating in the DR event;
- receiving one or more requests from utility customers to opt out of the DR event during the DR event;
- determining a number of utility customers opting out during the DR event based upon a count of the one or more requests;
- calculating a number of new utility customers to add to the DR event based upon the number of utility customers opting out;
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- in response to receiving the one or more requests, adding the number of new utility customers to the DR event during the DR event;
- and executing the DR event, comprising executing a DR program configured to reduce energy consumption by a plurality of participating utility customers during a peak use event.
A system for providing information about participation in a utility demand response (DR) event by a plurality of utility customers, the system comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive information regarding participation in the DR event by the plurality of utility customers;
- a feedback generator configured to:
- (i) determine, using a processor, DR event feedback information using the received information regarding participation in the DR event;
- (ii) determine, by the processor, a percentage or a number of utility customers participating in the DR event based on at least the DR event feedback information;
- (iii) receive, by the processor, one or more requests from utility customers to opt out of the DR event during the DR event;
- (iv) determine, by the processor, a number of utility customers opting out during the DR event based upon a count of the one or more requests;
- (v) calculate, by the processor, a number of new utility customers to add to the DR event based upon the number of utility customers opting out;
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- (vi) in response to receiving the one or more requests, add, by the processor, the number of new utility customers to the DR event during the DR event;
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- a transmitter configured to transmit at least a portion of the DR event feedback information to at least one client device for display on the client device, wherein the portion includes the percentage or the number of utility customers participating in the DR event;
- and the system configured to execute the DR event, comprising executing a DR program configured to reduce energy consumption by a plurality of participating utility customers during a peak use event.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for execution by a device that when executed cause the device to:
- identify a utility customer associated with at least one characteristic;
- select a plurality of utility customers based on the at least one characteristic;
- receive information regarding participation of the plurality of utility customers in a demand response (DR) event;
- determine DR event feedback information using a processor and the received information regarding participation in the DR event;
- determine, by the processor, a percentage or a number of utility customers participating in the DR event based on at least the DR event feedback information;
- provide the DR event feedback information to a client device associated with the identified utility customer;
- wherein the providing comprises transmitting, to the client device for display on the client device, the percentage or the number of utility customers participating in the DR event to encourage participation in the DR event;
- receive one or more requests from utility customers to opt out of the DR event during the DR event;
- determine a number of utility customers opting out during the DR event based upon a count of the one or more requests;
- calculate a number of new utility customers to add to the DR event based upon the number of utility customers opting out;
- and
- in response to receiving the one or more requests, add the number of new utility customers to the DR event during the DR event;
- and execute the DR event, comprising executing a DR program configured to reduce energy consumption by a plurality of participating utility customers during a peak use event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.