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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2013
Applicants:
Babak Asghari, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ratnesh Sharma, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Babak Asghari, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ratnesh Sharma, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 3/12 (2006.01); G05D 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 17/00 (2006.01); G06Q 40/00 (2012.01); G01R 11/56 (2006.01); G01R 21/133 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2013.01); H02J 3/14 (2013.01); H02J 3/32 (2013.01); H02J 2003/146 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3225 (2013.01); Y04S 20/222 (2013.01); Y04S 20/224 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for managing demand or load includes, upon receipt of a demand response signal or a load management request from a utility to change the price of electricity, determining the cost of energy from a local battery, and if the cost of energy from battery is higher than the cost of electricity from the utility, shedding power from one or more devices based on the utility price, and otherwise discharging power from the battery to reduce a net load on the grid without any actual load reduction.