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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2011
Daniel H. Greene, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Haitham Hindi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel H. Greene, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Haitham Hindi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An energy management system identifies one or more energy-load components, and generates an energy-disutility graph for the identified components. The energy-disutility graph can include, for each of a sequence of discrete time instances, one or more vertices that each corresponds to an alternative operating state for a component. Further, an arc that couples two vertices indicates an energy-disutility model corresponding to energy and disutility costs for the component. The energy management system also communicates an energy-demand bid to the energy provider, such that the energy-demand bid includes the energy-disutility graph.