Inventors:
Pornsak Songkakul - Mequon WI, US
Ricardo Soza - Austin TX, US
John Patterson - Austin TX, US
Michael Pawlowski - Bartlett IL, US
Assignee:
Siemens Industry, Inc. - Alpharetta GA
International Classification:
G06F 1/26
Abstract:
A system and method for reducing an electrical load in a facility or building with an automated demand response server having a hierarchical grouping of demand stages and demand groups with associated timers that control the shedding of load in order to achieve the appropriate level of load reduction and ramping up devices in a controlled manner upon the expiration of a demand response event.