A system for controlling electrical devices based on usage credits associated with a plurality of electrical devices includes a first controller of a first electrical device, the first controller is configured to receive a first message and a second message generated from an external network, the first message includes a plurality of authentication codes, the second message includes usage credits associated with a second electrical device, the first controller is further configured to extract a first authentication code of the first message, determine whether the first authentication code is valid, transmit a second authentication code of the first message for requesting a first communication link between the first electrical device and the second electrical device; and a second controller of the second electrical device, the second controller is configured to determine whether to establish the first communication link based on the second authentication code of the first message.

A distributed energy resource (DER) device is coupled to a utility meter in a behind-the-meter configuration. The utility meter analyzes a commitment generated by the DER device to determine a specific operation performed by the DER device at a particular time. The utility meter analyzes metrology data to identify an event associated with the particular time and then attempts to map the identified event back to the DER device based on a library of events associated with different DER devices. The utility meter also attempts to map the identified event to the specific operation set forth in the commitment, If the utility meter can successfully map the identified event to both the DER device and to the specific operation set forth in the commitment, then the utility meter generates a validated commitment. The validated commitment can be used to facilitate an energy market settlement process.

A system for supplying energy to an electrical consumerin particular, for charging a battery-operated devicepreferably, a vehicle with an electric driveincludes an energy station, a mobile terminal, and a computing device. The energy station has a communications device for exchanging data with the mobile terminal, and data can be transmitted from the mobile terminal via a transmitting device to the computing device so that data from the energy station can be transferred via the mobile terminal to the computing device. Moreover, an energy station and a method for transmitting energy to an electrical consumer are presented.

A system for charging a battery within an at least partially electric vehicle. The system includes a charging device wherein the charging device configured to electrically connect to the at least partially electric vehicle and charge at least one battery by a predetermined amount. The system also includes a network configured to determine the location of the charging device.

A power demand management system includes a plurality of power-prepaid appliances and a power demand management server. Each of the power-prepaid appliances includes an authenticator configured to manage an authentication key, a control setting unit configured to receive a power consumption control signal containing a power reduction amount from the power demand management server and to set control information according to the power reduction amount, and an operation control signal generator configured to generate an operation control signal based on the control information selected by the control setting unit. The power demand management server includes a demand resource allocator configured to allocate the power reduction amount to each power-prepaid appliance, a security unit configured to encrypt the power consumption control signal based on the authentication key of each power-prepaid appliance, and a reduction manager configured to monitor a reduction in power consumption depending on the power consumption control signal.

Peer-to-Peer Electronic token exchange systems and methods utilizing electricity generated and validated with a distributed ledger as the underlying physical value for the token.

A method optimizes an aggregated distributed energy resources system. The method receives a power objective for a DERs system that includes a plurality of assets. Each of the assets has an asset manager. A physical parameter related to the power objective is measured at a point of common coupling for the assets. The method selects one or more asset managers as an authority. The authority is configured to calculate a virtual price as a function of the measured physical parameter and the power objective. The virtual price is forwarded to one or more of the asset managers.

A system for the cryptographically-secure, autonomous control of devices comprising, connected to or remotely operating devices in an electrically powered network and the transaction of the benefits, costs or value created by or transacted through the devices in this electrically powered network.

An apparatus, a system, and a method are for automatically billing a vehicle left unattended in a charging station. The automatic billing apparatus includes a processor that provides a vehicle charging service at a charging station, determines that a vehicle is unattended after charging is completed, and performs a billing based on an unattended time. The apparatus further includes a storage that stores data obtained by the processor when the billing is performed.

Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for generating digital tokens corresponding to determined generated real-world assets in a consensus-based authorization framework. In various embodiments, a client device coupled to a real-world asset generating device can determine that a real-world asset has been generated, and based on the determination, generate a request transaction for a digital token corresponding to the determined generated real-world asset. The request can be stored on a distributed ledger so that privileged entities can determine that the request is pending approval. Privileged client devices associated with the privileged entities can then generate approval transactions for generating the digital token corresponding to the determined generated real-world asset. A smart contract stored on the blockchain can determine that each of the privileged entities have authorized the generation of the digital token so that the smart contract can generate the new token, and issue the token to the client device or a public key associated with the client device.