Providing demand response

Abstract

Devices, methods, and systems for providing demand response are described herein. One device includes instructions executable to receive an indication of a demand response event, determine, based on a configuration made using a user interface, an action to be taken by a load of a facility in response to the demand response event, communicate the determined action to a controller associated with the load, and monitor a status of the action as the action is taken.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
 receive an indication of a demand response event;   determine, based on a configuration made using a user interface, an action to be taken by a load of a facility in response to the demand response event;   communicate the determined action to a controller associated with the load; and   monitor a status of the action as the action is taken.   
     
     
         2 . The medium of  claim 1 , wherein the indication is a demand response signal received from a demand response automation server. 
     
     
         3 . The medium of  claim 1 , wherein the demand response event is a manually-scheduled demand response event. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the configuration made using the user interface includes a configuration to each of a plurality of operation modes associated with the load. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the configuration made using the user interface is a same configuration as another configuration made using the user interface to another load, and wherein the configuration and the other configuration are made simultaneously. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the manually-scheduled demand response event is one of: a normal event, a moderate event, a high event, and a special event. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the demand response event is a limiting event. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the demand response event is a limiting event, and wherein the method includes receiving a schedule associated with the limiting event having a set of peak values. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the configuration includes placing the load in a shed group based on an importance associated with the load. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the action to be taken by the load is determined based, at least in part, on a user selection of a load staging strategy or a load rolling strategy. 
     
     
         11 . A system for providing demand response, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory configured to store instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
 provide an interface to:
 monitor and display a current status of a demand response event associated with a facility; 
 display information associated with the demand response event particular to each of a plurality of loads associated with the facility; and 
 receive configuration modifications to each of the plurality of loads. 
 
   
     
     
         12 . The computing device of  claim 11 , wherein the displayed current status of the demand response event includes an indication of a current activity level of the demand response event. 
     
     
         13 . The computing device of  claim 11 , wherein the displayed current status of the demand response event includes an indication of a current operation mode associated with the plurality of loads. 
     
     
         14 . The computing device of  claim 11 , wherein the configuration modifications include modifications to a plurality of settings for each of a plurality of operation modes associated with the plurality of loads. 
     
     
         15 . The computing device of  claim 11 , wherein the configuration modifications include modifications to a plurality of settings for a manual demand response event. 
     
     
         16 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
 provide an interface to:
 display a current status of a demand response event associated with a facility; 
 display information associated with the demand response event particular to each of a plurality of loads of the facility; 
 receive configuration modifications to each of the plurality of loads; and 
 receive configuration modifications nonspecific to any one of the plurality of loads, the nonspecific configuration modifications including an indication of load rolling or load staging. 
   
     
     
         17 . The computer readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the specific configuration modifications include modifications to a scheduled limiting event. 
     
     
         18 . The computer readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the received nonspecific configuration modifications include a selection of one of a load rolling mode and a load staging mode. 
     
     
         19 . The computer readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the received nonspecific configuration modifications include modifications to shed thresholds and restore thresholds. 
     
     
         20 . The computer readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the received nonspecific configuration modifications include a modification to a recovery time taken after an end of the demand response event to restore each of the plurality of loads.