Real-time validation of distributed energy resource device commitments

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023115009-A1
Application number	US-202218078866-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 9, 2022
Priority date	Jan 31, 2019
Publication date	Apr 13, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A computing device receives a commitment generated by a distributed resource device, the commitment indicating a type of the distributed resource device and a time interval when the distributed resource device modified usage of a resource at a location; receives an event corresponding to a pattern of usage of the resource at the location during the time interval; identifies an event model that is associated with a pattern of usage of the resource that matches the pattern of usage of the resource at the location during the time interval, the event model being included in a library of event models that associate different patterns of usage of the resource with corresponding types of distributed resource devices; and validates the commitment in response to determining that at least a type of distributed resource device associated with the event model corresponds to the type of distributed resource device indicated by the commitment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, a commitment generated by a distributed resource device, wherein the commitment indicates a type of the distributed resource device and a time interval when the distributed resource device modified usage of a resource at a location; receiving, by the computing device, an event corresponding to a pattern of usage of the resource at the location during the time interval; identifying, by the computing device, a first event model that is associated with a pattern of usage of the resource that matches the pattern of usage of the resource at the location during the time interval, wherein the first event model is included in a library of event models that associate different patterns of usage of the resource with corresponding types of distributed resource devices; validating, by the computing device, the commitment in response to determining that at least a type of distributed resource device associated with the first event model corresponds to the type of distributed resource device indicated by the commitment; and in response to validating the commitment, performing, by the computing device, one or more operations based on the commitment.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein validating the commitment further comprises determining that the distributed resource device modified the usage of the resource at the location during the time interval.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the commitment indicates one or more actions performed by the distributed resource device during the time interval to modify the usage of the resource.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein validating the commitment further comprises determining, based on the pattern of usage of the resource at the location during the time interval, that the distributed resource device performed the one or more actions during the time interval.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more actions satisfy terms of a resource contract.

6 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more actions comprise reducing consumption of the resource during the time interval.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more operations comprise transmitting the commitment to a control center to facilitate settlement of the commitment.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating, by the computing device, the first event model based on the event.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first event model is a machine learning model or a parametric model.

10 . A server, comprising:
one or more processors; and a memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a commitment generated by a resource management device, wherein the commitment indicates a time period when resource consumption at a location was altered by the resource management device;
receiving an event indicating a pattern of resource consumption at the location during the time period;
mapping the pattern of resource consumption to a first event model included in a library of event models, wherein respective event models in the library associate respective types of resource management devices with respective patterns of resource consumption;
validating the commitment by determining that at least a type of resource management device associated with the first event model matches a type of the resource management device that generated the commitment; and
in response to validating the commitment, transmitting the commitment to a control center to facilitate settlement of the commitment.

11 . The server of claim 10 , wherein the commitment identifies one or more actions performed by the resource management device during the time period to alter the resource consumption.

12 . The server of claim 11 , wherein validating the commitment further comprises mapping the event to the one or more actions performed by the resource management device.

13 . The server of claim 12 , wherein the one or more actions comprise reducing resource consumption during the time period or offsetting resource consumption by generating additional resources.

14 . The server of claim 10 , wherein the commitment is received from a utility meter.

15 . The server of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise updating the first event model based on the event.

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processor, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a commitment, wherein the commitment identifies a type of a distributed resource device that generated the commitment and a time interval when the distributed resource device managed consumption of a resource at a location; receiving an event corresponding to a time-varying pattern in metrology data that indicates consumption of the resource at the location during the time interval; identifying, based on the time-varying pattern, a first event model having a matching time-varying pattern for the consumption of the resource, wherein the first event model is included in a library of event models that associate different patterns in the consumption of the resource with corresponding types of distributed resource devices; validating the commitment in response to determining that at least a type of distributed resource device associated with the first event model corresponds to the type of distributed resource device identified by the commitment; and in response to validating the commitment, performing one or more operations based on the commitment.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the commitment identifies one or more actions performed by the distributed resource device during the time interval to satisfy the commitment.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein validating the commitment further comprises confirming, based on the time-varying pattern corresponding to the event, that the one or more actions were performed by the distributed resource device during the time interval.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise updating one or more parameters of the first event model based on the event.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more operations further comprise:
generating a first distributed ledger transaction based on the commitment; and transmitting the first distributed ledger transaction to one or more nodes included in a distributed ledger network.

Assignees

• Itron Inc

Inventors

• Scheidler Lucas
• Patterson Tim

Classifications

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