ENERGY PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT HAVING DELAYED CHOICE BIAS

摘要

A method, system and computer program product for an energy distributor to meet a demand/supply gap are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method comprises receiving at a processing system real time data from a series of meters identifying an amount of energy delivered to customers; identifying a demand/supply gap in a distribution of the energy to the customers; and creating a bias toward demand response conservation to meet the demand/supply gap. The processing system employees a decision model, incorporating said bias and using said real time data from said series of meters to determine demand response conservation data, to determine a threshold time to purchase energy to meet the demand/supply gap, therein reducing energy procurement to meet the demand/supply gap by participating at the threshold time for a market call operation. In an embodiment, the bias incorporates a growth rate of demand response adaption.