AVOIDING PEAK ENERGY DEMAND TIMES BY MANAGING CONSUMER ENERGY CONSUMPTION

摘要

A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: receiving data which corresponds to energy consumption of two or more different consumer systems. The energy consumption data is used to generate a consumption profile for each of the consumer systems, where the consumption profile for a given consumer system identifies recurring energy consumption periods for the given consumer system and a corresponding flexibility metric for each of the recurring energy consumption periods. The consumption profiles are further used along with current energy demands to predict peak demand times. Moreover, prior to each of the predicted peak demand times, a suggestion is issued to each of one or more of the consumer systems, where each of the suggestions proposes making an amendment to the energy consumption of the respective consumer system in order to reduce energy demand during one or more of the predicted peak demand times.