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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Applicants:
Pornsak Songkakul, Mequon, WI (US);
Ricardo Soza, Austin, TX (US);
John Patterson, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Pawlowski, Bartlett, IL (US);
Inventors:
Pornsak Songkakul, Mequon, WI (US);
Ricardo Soza, Austin, TX (US);
John Patterson, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Pawlowski, Bartlett, IL (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/133 (2006.01); G01R 22/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/14 (2013.01); G01R 21/133 (2013.01); G01R 22/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06312 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3225 (2013.01); Y04S 20/222 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for reducing an electrical load in a facility or building with an automated demand response server having a hierarchical grouping of demand stages and demand groups with associated timers that control the shedding of load in order to achieve the appropriate level of load reduction and ramping up devices in a controlled manner upon the expiration of a demand response event.