US Patent:
20190094270, Mar 28, 2019
Inventors:
- Overland Park KS, US
David Feron DesLauriers - Westborough MA, US
Alok Ashok Patil - New York NY, US
Assignee:
Black & Veatch Holding Company - Overland Park KS
International Classification:
G01R 11/56
G01D 4/02
G06Q 30/04
G06Q 50/06
H02J 3/00
Abstract:
A system and computer-implemented method for determining load shapes for distributed generation (DG) customers in an electricity generation, distribution, and consumption system without using direct load research data. Existing billing data may provide the amount of electricity delivered to and received from each DG customer each month, interconnection data may provide the installed on-site electricity generation capacity for each DG customer, and the average hourly output from a sample of DG or utility/community scale facility may provide a representative generation profile. The load shapes may include the load delivered to DG customers, the excess generated electricity exported back to the electricity distribution network by the DG customers, the generated electricity consumed on-site, and the load in the absence of DG facility(ies)/customer(s). The load shapes have many applications, such as determining cost-of-service, forecasting load, responding to demand, developing standards for distribution systems for serving DG customers, designing rates, and other purposes.
