IP Library Granted Patent US 9,805,325
Granted Patent B2
US 9,805,325 · App. 13/556,535 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Aggregator, monitor, and manager of distributed demand response

Inventors: David Ippolito (Glen Mills, PA); Peter Cona (Chadds Ford, PA)
Assignee: Versify Solutions, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 9,805,325
App. No.
13/556,535
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system includes a database storing demand response data, the demand response data including demand response agreement parameters, demand response load and energy demand characteristics of one or more demand response customers, the demand response load characteristics including power consumption capacity of each of one or more demand response loads, an aggregator to aggregate the demand response loads based on the demand response data and forecast data into a demand response portfolio, a monitor to monitor power demand of one or more demand response customers and one or more power grids, and a dispatcher to notify the one or more demand response customers of the demand response portfolio and to notify a utility of a response from the one or more demand response customers whether to control the demand response load to return the power consumption capacity of the demand response load back to the one or more power grids.

Claims (33)

1. A system, comprising:

a database to store demand response data;

an aggregator to aggregate one or more demand response loads based on the demand response data into a demand response portfolio; and

a monitor to monitor power demand of one or more demand response customers and one or more power grids,

wherein the aggregator aggregates the demand response loads to participate in energy markets based on one or more financial requirements in the markets,

the demand response data includes geocodes for each of the one or more demand response loads, and

the demand response portfolio comprises the demand response data and forecast data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aggregator aggregates the demand response loads based on the demand response data and forecast data into the demand response portfolio.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the forecast data includes operational data, market data and weather data.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the demand response data comprises:

demand response agreement parameters;

demand response load and energy demand characteristics of one or more demand response customers; and

demand response load characteristics including power consumption capacity of each of the one or more demand response loads.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing one or more programs configured for execution by one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:

(i) collect demand response asset data;

(ii) aggregate one or more demand response loads based on the demand response asset data into a demand response portfolio,

wherein the demand response asset data includes geocodes for each of the one or more demand response loads;

(iii) notify one or more demand response customers of the demand response portfolio;

(iv) notify a utility of a response from the one or more demand response customers whether to control one of the demand response loads to return power consumption capacity of the demand response load back to one or more power grids,

wherein the aggregated demand response loads based on the demand response asset data and forecast data is aggregated into the demand response portfolio,

the demand response loads are aggregated to participate in energy markets based on one or more forecasted financial requirements in the markets; and

(v) monitor power demand of the one or more demand response customers and the one or more power grids.

6. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 5 , wherein the forecast data includes operational data, market data and weather data.

7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 5 , wherein the demand response asset data comprises:

demand response agreement parameters, demand response load and energy demand characteristics of one or more demand response customers, the demand response load characteristics including power consumption capacity of each of the one or more demand response loads.

8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

collecting demand response data, the demand response data including demand response agreement parameters, demand response load and energy demand characteristics of one or more demand response customers, the demand response load characteristics including power consumption capacity of each of one or more demand response loads;

aggregating the demand response loads based on the demand response asset data and forecast data into a demand response portfolio, wherein the demand response assets are aggregated to participate in energy markets based on one or more forecasted financial requirements in the markets;

monitoring power demand of the one or more demand response customers and one or more power grids; and

notifying one or more demand response customers of the demand response portfolio; and

notifying a utility of a response from the one or more demand response customers whether to control the demand response load to return the power consumption capacity of the demand response load back to the one or more power grids,

wherein the demand response data includes geocodes for each of the one or more demand response loads and wherein the forecast data includes operational data, market data and weather data, and

the collecting, aggregating, monitoring, and notifying steps are automatically performed by a computer.

Assignments (6)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2025
From: MCG VERSIFY ACQUISITION LLC
To: CAPITAL FINANCE ADMINISTRATION, LLC
Reel/Frame 070660/0280 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2024
From: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK FORMERLY BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: VERSIFY SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 069431/0439 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2021
From: VERSIFY SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: MCG VERSIFY ACQUISITION, LLC
Reel/Frame 056010/0421 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2021
From: WHITE OAK GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: MCG ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC; MCG ACQUISITION CO., LLC; MCG ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC; MCG VERSIFY ACQUISITION, LLC
Reel/Frame 055790/0624 →
AMENDED AND RESTATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 8, 2019
From: MCG ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC; MCG ACQUISITION CO., LLC; MCG VERSIFY ACQUISITION, LLC; MCG ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
To: WHITE OAK GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 049115/0554 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2015
From: VERSIFY SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 035973/0474 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 12492012 · Jun 25, 2009
Provisional Application 61075742 · Jun 25, 2008
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