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US 9,870,569 B2Granted
Flexible energy use offers
AssigneeSap SE
InventorAndreas Doms
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes receiving an offer of a flexible demand response event from a customer of a utility company, and determining a price of the offer in context of a load-supply balancing operation of the utility company.
Claims20
A load balancer system coupled to an electrical grid, the system comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor coupled to the memory, the processor receiving an offer of a flexible demand of electricity from a customer, and executing an evaluator application to evaluate price values of a flexible demand response event for the flexible demand of electricity from the customer in context of a load balancing operation of electrical supply over the electrical grid by a utility company, the offer including a minimum energy_required parameter and a maximum_energy_required parameter for a time interval of the flexible demand response event, and acceptance, assignment and execution flexibility time parameters of the flexible demand response event;
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- an electrical supply controller controlling electrical supply over the electrical grid by the utility company to balance loads on the electrical grid to accommodate the flexible demand response event for the flexible demand of electricity from the customer at a price value accepted by the utility company.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium carrying instructions capable of being executed on a processor, which instructions when executed allow a load balancer system to:
- receive an offer of a flexible demand of electricity from a customer of a utility company, the offer including a minimum energy_required parameter and maximum_energy_required parameter for a time interval of a flexible demand response event for the flexible demand of electricity from the customer, and acceptance, assignment and execution flexibility time parameters of the flexible demand response event;
- and
- determine a price of the offer in context of a load-balancing operation of the utility company;
- and
- control electrical supply over the electrical grid by the utility company to balance loads on the electrical grid to accommodate the flexible demand response event for the flexible demand of electricity from the customer at a price value accepted by the utility company.
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A computer-implemented method performed by instructions executed on a processor, the method comprising:
- receiving an offer of a flexible demand of electricity from a customer of a utility company, the offer including a minimum energy_required parameter and a maximum_energy_required parameter for a time interval of a flexible demand response event for the flexible demand of electricity from the customer, and acceptance, assignment and execution flexibility time parameters of the flexible demand response event;
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- determining a price of the offer in context of a load-supply balancing operation of the utility company;
- and
- controlling electrical supply over the electrical grid by the utility company to balance loads on the electrical grid to accommodate the flexible demand response event for the flexible demand of electricity from the customer at a price value accepted by the utility company.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.