JP6668592B2 - Management device and communication device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a management device, a communication device, a management method, and a program, and in particular, a management device, a management method, and a program for managing information related to power consumption measured by a watt hour meter of a customer, and Related to a communication device.

  Patent Literature 1 provides a green power certificate obtained in return for entrusting energy-saving power generation with renewable energy, registers an individual or a small-scale power consumer as a member, and collects a membership fee from an e-green procurement market system. One example is described. In this system, a registered individual or small power consumer is given points according to the monthly membership fee. Members can own all or part of the green power certificate by registering. Members can also use these points to purchase products from sponsoring companies.

  Patent Literature 2 discloses an electric power trading system that proposes a reduction in power consumption to a consumer via a two-way communication device. The demand control device of the customer checks the power consumption (demand) of each power consuming device, and notifies the power transmission and distribution company of the power consumption and the stoppable time by using a two-way communication device (bid). The power transmission and distribution company selects a power consuming device that can be stopped and a settable time that can be stopped so that the required power suppression amount is obtained from the notification, and requests the customer to do so. The customer who receives the request restricts the power supply to the power consuming device by the demand control device. A power transmission and distribution company is notified of the suppressed power amount and the suppression time via the demand control device and the two-way communication device. The transmission and distribution company obtains the amount of power used by the customers A and B from the indicated value of the adjustment wattmeter, and reduces or cancels the reward for the power control amount and the suppression time from the power rate. The transmission and distribution company charges customers A and B based on the suppression of power consumption according to the bidding.

  Patent Literature 3 discloses a watt-hour meter that uses a prepaid card, which is a recording medium for a card-type prepaid fee, to settle an electricity fee. Patent Document 4 describes a simplified payment type prepaid card device. This device reads the amount of money on the prepaid card, registers the time (usable time) in which the electric device (air conditioner) can be used with this amount, and converts the load current signal detected by the current detection sensor by the operation of the air conditioner into time. Then, the remaining usable time is displayed by subtracting from the usable time.

  According to the technology described in the above-mentioned literature, the electricity rate can be settled using a prepaid card, the points converted to the electricity rate are managed, and the points (usable time) are calculated according to the power consumption of the electric device. By decreasing the amount, displaying the point balance (remaining use time) and notifying the user of the remaining points (time) of the card, additional registration can be performed when the remaining amount is reduced.

JP 2003-108655 A JP 2002-252924 A JP-A-9-80077 JP-A-6-131537

  However, according to the technology described in the above-described literature, it is possible to know the point balance (remaining use time) that decreases according to the power consumption of a specific electric device at that time. However, there is a problem in that it is not possible to use planned power consumption because fluctuations in the power consumption of the customer consumed by a plurality of various electric devices owned by the customer are not predicted.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a management device, a communication device, a management method, and a program that enable a customer to use power in a planned manner. .

  In each aspect of the present invention, the following configurations are employed to solve the above-described problems.

A first aspect relates to a management device.
The first management device according to the first aspect includes:
A settlement means for updating the owned point data according to the amount paid by the consumer according to the power consumption of the consumer;
Based on the history of the power consumption of the customer or the update history of the owned point data, prediction means for predicting the future fluctuation trend of owned points,
Output means for performing an output based on the future fluctuation tendency predicted by the prediction means,
Has,
The output means, when the points charged are different, if there is a mixture of points with different expiration dates, if at least some of the points expire after a predetermined number of days and disappear, the owned points will be less than the predetermined value Output when predicted .
The second management device according to the first aspect,
A settlement means for updating the owned point data according to the amount paid by the consumer according to the power consumption of the consumer;
Based on the history of the power consumption of the customer or the update history of the owned point data, prediction means for predicting the future fluctuation trend of owned points,
Output means for performing an output based on the future fluctuation tendency predicted by the prediction means,
Control means for transmitting power demand control information to a communication device corresponding to a demand limit candidate selected from among a plurality of consumers based on the future fluctuation trend of the owned points,
Having.
The third management device according to the first aspect includes:
A settlement means for updating the owned point data according to the amount paid by the consumer according to the power consumption of the consumer;
Based on the history of the power consumption of the customer or the update history of the owned point data, prediction means for predicting the future fluctuation trend of owned points,
Output means for performing an output based on the future fluctuation tendency predicted by the prediction means,
Selection means for selecting a customer whose owned points are less than a predetermined threshold as a power demand limit candidate,
Control means for transmitting power demand control information to the communication device of the customer corresponding to the demand limit candidate,
Having.

A second aspect relates to a management device.
The management device according to the second aspect,
Settlement means for updating the owned point data according to the amount paid by the consumer according to the power consumption;
Selecting means for selecting a customer whose owned point is less than a predetermined threshold as a power demand limit candidate from a plurality of customers based on the owned points for each customer,
Control means for transmitting power demand control information to the communication device of the customer corresponding to the demand limit candidate,
Having.

A third aspect relates to a communication device.
The communication device according to the third aspect is a communication device that communicates with the management device according to any one of the first aspect and the second aspect,
Acquiring means for acquiring a measurement value related to power consumption from a watt hour meter of a customer;
A communication unit that transmits the measurement value to the management device, and from the management device, receives information about owned point data according to the amount paid by the customer according to the power consumption amount,
Output means for outputting based on the possession points.

A fourth aspect relates to a management method performed by at least one computer.
The management method according to the fourth aspect, wherein the management device includes:
Update the owned point data according to the amount paid by the consumer according to the power consumption,
Based on the history of the power consumption of the customer or the update history of the owned point data, predict the future fluctuation trend of the owned points of the customer indicated by the owned point data,
And performing an output based on the predicted future fluctuation tendency.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a program that causes at least one computer to execute the method according to the fourth aspect may be used, or a computer-readable recording medium that stores such a program. You may. This recording medium includes a non-transitory tangible medium.
The computer program includes computer program code which, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to execute the management method on the management device.
Note that any combination of the above-described components and any conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, and the like are also effective as embodiments of the present invention.

  In addition, various components of the present invention do not necessarily need to be individually independent, and a plurality of components are formed as one member, and one component is formed of a plurality of members. Or some component may be a part of another component, or some of the component may overlap with some of the other component.

  Although the management method and the computer program of the present invention describe a plurality of procedures in order, the description order does not limit the execution order of the plurality of procedures. For this reason, when implementing the management method and computer program of the present invention, the order of the plurality of procedures can be changed within a range that does not hinder the contents.

  Further, the plurality of procedures of the management method and the computer program of the present invention are not limited to being executed at individually different timings. Therefore, another procedure may occur during the execution of a certain procedure, or some or all of the execution timing of a certain procedure and the execution timing of another procedure may overlap.

  According to the above aspects, it is possible to provide a management device, a communication device, a management method, and a program that enable a customer to use planned power.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an example of an overall configuration of a system managed by a management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram logically showing a configuration of a management device according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing an example of the structure of the point storage part of the management device of this embodiment. It is a figure for explaining output processing based on a change tendency of a possession point predicted by a management device of this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer that realizes the management device according to the embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the management device according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram logically showing a configuration of a management device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a structure of a candidate list of the management device according to the embodiment. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of a list creation unit of the management device according to the embodiment. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of a control unit of the management device according to the embodiment. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the management device according to the embodiment. It is a figure for explaining selection processing of a demand restriction candidate based on a change tendency of an owned point predicted by a management device of this embodiment. It is a figure for explaining selection processing of a demand restriction candidate based on a change tendency of an owned point predicted by a management device of this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating a main part of a logical configuration of the management device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a logical configuration of the management device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining an output process based on a tendency of a change in owned points predicted by the management device according to the embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram for describing output processing based on the expiration date of the owned point by the management device of the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a logical configuration of the communication device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram logically showing a configuration of a management device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will not be repeated.

(First Embodiment)
The management device, management method, and program according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
The management device according to the present embodiment manages information related to power consumption measured by a watt hour meter of a customer. In particular, the management device of the present embodiment manages a system for paying an electricity fee based on the amount of power consumption in a prepaid manner.
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an example of an overall configuration of a system managed by a management device 100 according to the present embodiment.
The management device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is realized by a server device such as the electric power retailer server 30 or the cloud server 40. Alternatively, the management device 100 may realize at least a part of its functions by the communication device 90 of the customer.

  In the system of FIG. 1, a consumer purchases power from at least one of a power company and a power retailer. The amount of power consumed by a power company or a power retailer is measured by a watt-hour meter 10 installed in a customer's house. The watt-hour meter 10 has communication means, and performs communication through at least one communication route of the A route to the power company server 20 and the B route to the communication device 90 in the house of the customer. It can be carried out. The watt hour meter 10 periodically (for example, every 30 minutes) transmits meter reading data such as the measured power consumption to the power company server 20 via the route A. The watt hour meter 10 is also called a smart meter.

Further, in the system according to the present embodiment, the information on the power consumption is periodically (for example, every 30 minutes) from the wattmeter 10 via the communication device 90, and the information on the power retailer of the power retailer other than the power company is transmitted. The data is transferred to the business server 30 or the cloud server 40.
Thereby, the electric power retailer server 30 or the cloud server 40 (the management device 100) can perform, for example, every 30 minutes in real time.

  The communication device 90 may be a stationary type (installed type) or a portable type. The watt-hour meter 10 may be connected to, for example, a home energy management system (HEMS) via the communication device 90, and may transmit information held by the watt-hour meter 10 to the HEMS. Each communication unit of the communication device 90 may be wired or wireless, and the communication medium and communication method are not particularly limited as long as security can be ensured.

FIG. 18 is a functional block diagram showing a logical configuration of the communication device 90 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The communication device 90 transmits the measurement value to an external device different from the wattmeter, and obtains the measurement value related to the power amount from the watt hour meter of the consumer, and transmits the measured value to the external device in accordance with the power consumption. A communication unit 94 that receives information on owned point data according to the amount paid by the customer and an output unit 96 that performs output based on the owned points are provided.
The possession points and the output unit 96 will be described later.

In the example of FIG. 1, the communication device 90 uses the acquisition unit 92 (FIG. 18) to periodically transmit the measured value (see FIG. 18) related to the power amount from the watt hour meter 10 to the power company server 20 or the like via the A route. For example, the meter reading value of 30 minutes) is received via a B route different from the A route. Then, the communication device 90 transmits the measured value received by the communication unit 94 (FIG. 18) to the power retailer server 30 via the C route (the network 7 such as a public line network) different from the A route and the B route. Alternatively, the data is transferred to the cloud server 40 (management device 100) or the like.
Further, the communication device 90 acquires the device information of each power-related device from the plurality of power-related devices in the house of the customer by the communication unit 94 (FIG. 18), and uses the C route to the power retailer server 30 or the cloud server. 40 (the management apparatus 100).

The communication method of the A route between the watt hour meter 10 and the electric power company server 20 is not particularly limited. For example, a specific low-power wireless system using a 920 MHz band, 3G (3rd Generation) or LTE (Long Term Evolution) And the like can be used.
Further, the communication method of the B route between the watt hour meter 10 and the communication device 90 is not particularly limited. For example, a specific low-power wireless system using a 920 MHz band, for example, a communication system based on a communication standard such as WiSUN, or , Zigbee (registered trademark), etc., a communication method of a wireless communication standard operating on IEEE 802.15.4 can be used.
The communication method between the communication device 90 and the electric power retailer server 30 or the cloud server 40 (the management device 100) is not particularly limited, but is, for example, a wireless communication method such as WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), 3G, or LTE. Can be used.

  The power-related devices with which the communication device 90 communicates include, for example, a power measurement device 50, a solar panel 52, a load device 54, and a storage battery 56. The configuration in FIG. 1 is an example, and the type and number of apparatuses are not limited thereto. The power measurement device 50 is connected to power-related devices such as a solar panel 52, a load device 54, and a storage battery 56, and measures the current of each device using, for example, a CT (Current Transformer) or an ECHONET Lite device. I do. Further, the power measurement device 50 has a function of transmitting information on the measured power usage of each device to the communication device 90 by wireless communication. The communication device 90 and the power measurement device 50 may be one device (for example, HEMS) having the respective functions.

  The load device 54 is a home electric appliance or the like that consumes power, and includes various devices such as a refrigerator, an air conditioner, and a lighting device. The electric power generated by the solar panel 52 is stored in a storage battery 56 and used or used as required, or surplus power is sold to a power company. The power measurement device 50 can further measure the amount of power generated by the solar panel 52, the amount of power stored or discharged in the storage battery 56, the amount of power sold to a power company, and the like. These amounts of power can also be transmitted to the communication device 90. Further, the power-related devices are not limited to those exemplified here. For example, it includes a HEMS or a distribution board for a house.

The device information includes a power-related device (including the power measuring device 50 in FIG. 1) including at least one of the load device 54, the power generation device (the solar panel 52 in FIG. 1), and the power storage device (the storage battery 56 in FIG. 1). ), At least one of the following information: operation status, information on power consumption, information on power generation, and information on power storage.
In addition, the communication device 90 receives demand restriction information (so-called demand response) from the electric power retailer server 30 or the cloud server 40 (the management device 100) via the C route by the communication unit 94 (FIG. 18). In addition, a function of controlling power-related devices may be provided to perform power consumption suppression control. Alternatively, the communication device 90 receives a control instruction to the power-related device from the electric power retailer server 30 or the cloud server 40 (the management device 100) via the C route by the communication unit 94 (FIG. 18). May have a function of controlling power-related devices. The demand response will be described in detail in an embodiment described later.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram logically showing the configuration of the management device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The management device 100 according to the present embodiment includes a settlement unit 104 that updates possession point data according to the amount paid by the customer according to the power consumption amount of the customer, a history of the power consumption amount of the customer, or the possession points. The prediction unit 106 includes a prediction unit 106 that predicts a future change tendency of the owned points based on the data update history, and an output unit 108 that outputs based on the future change tendency predicted by the prediction unit 106.

  The possessed point data is updated in accordance with the amount paid in advance by the customer, and is stored in the point storage unit 102 in FIG. The point storage unit 102 may be included in the management device 100, may be another device accessible by the management device 100, or may be included in the communication device 90. The owned point data stored in the point storage unit 102 indicates the owned points of each customer.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the structure of the point storage unit 102 of the management device 100 according to the present embodiment.
The point storage unit 102 stores customer identification information (user ID) and owned point data indicating owned points. The owned point data includes the date and the history information of the owned point balance as of the date, the date and time when the owned point increase / decrease occurred, the history information of the increase / decrease value of the point, the current owned point balance, and / or a combination thereof. including. In the example of FIG. 3, the date and the history information of the balance of the owned points at the date are stored for each user ID.

According to the present invention, it is assumed that the customer can make a payment such as an electricity bill in advance and hold the customer as a point owned by the customer.
There is no particular limitation on the method of converting the amount paid in advance by the customer into the owned points. This method includes, for example, a form in which the amount paid in advance is used as points (for example, 1000 yen is set to 1000 points), and a form in which the amount is converted into points by a predetermined conversion rule (for example, 1000 yen is converted to 1050 points). And so on). Further, the owned points may indicate the amount paid by the customer as it is, without being converted from the amount. In this case, the owned points can also be called money amount information.

  Then, for example, a point according to the power consumption of the customer can be subtracted from the points owned by the customer to settle the electricity bill of the customer. In the present embodiment, as described above, the power consumption of the consumer is acquired by the communication device 90 from the smart meter (the watt hour meter 10 in FIG. 1) every 30 minutes, and transferred to the management device 100.

  In the present embodiment, the management device 100 further includes an acquisition unit (not shown) that acquires a measured value related to the electric energy from the electric energy meter of the customer. The settlement unit 104 updates the owned point data stored in the point storage unit 102 according to the power consumption of the consumer based on the measured value.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which the settlement unit 104 uses the power consumption transferred from the communication device 90 will be described. However, in the present invention, a configuration in which the settlement unit 104 uses, for example, information (power consumption of a customer) provided from the power company server 20 is not excluded.

The update method by the owned points in the settlement unit 104 is exemplified below, but is not limited thereto. The settlement unit 104 may update the possession points by using any one of the following methods or a combination of at least two methods.
(A1) The amount of the electricity bill according to the power consumption is directly subtracted from the owned points as points (for example, 1000 yen for electricity bills is settled as 1000 points).
(A2) Convert the amount of the electricity bill according to the power consumption into points according to a predetermined conversion rule, and subtract it from the owned points (for example, settle the electricity bill of 1000 yen as 980 points)
(A3) Points corresponding to the power consumption are subtracted from the owned points as points as they are (for example, 1000 electricity points are subtracted from the owned points for settlement).
(A4) Purchase the power generated by the power generator of the customer, add the point corresponding to the power amount to the owned points as it is. (A5) Purchase the power generated by the power generator of the customer, and set the amount to a predetermined value. Convert to points with conversion rules and add to owned points

  The predetermined conversion rule is determined in advance or as needed between the customer and the electric power retailer. The conversion rule is determined, for example, by a condition and a conversion rate. The following are examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Any one of the following or a combination of at least two may be used.

(B1) Set conversion rate according to payment amount (the higher the prepaid charge amount, the higher the conversion rate)
(B2) Set a conversion rate for each customer (for example, for each region or building) (b3) Set a conversion rate for each power use time zone (b4) Whether the power consumption during a predetermined period (or time zone) is within the upper limit (B5) Set the conversion rate according to the type of power station used (thermal power, solar power, wind power, nuclear power, etc.) (b6) During the service period Set a conversion rate based on a predetermined discount rate (b7) Set a conversion rate according to whether there is a performance according to the demand response performed so far (whether the demand restriction request has been achieved). The demand response will be described in detail in an embodiment described later.

The prediction process of the future change tendency of the owned points by the prediction unit 106 includes, but is not limited to, the processes exemplified below. The following processes may be combined with at least two processes.
(C1) Calculate the degree of decrease of the owned points (decrease rate) and predict the tendency of the owned points to fluctuate. For example, the differential value of the current (or a certain point in time) owned point (or the average of the differential values for a predetermined period) The degree of decrease in possession points may be used. Alternatively, the average value of the owned points for a predetermined period (for example, owned points in the past five days) may be set as the degree of decrease in the owned points per day. Alternatively, the degree of decrease per day may be calculated by dividing the difference between the owned points at any two points in the predetermined period by the number of days between the two points. Using the owned points at a plurality of time points (for example, four time points such as one day, five days, ten days, and sixteen days) within a predetermined period, the time points (one to five days, five to ten days, ten to sixteen days) ) May be divided by the number of days between each point in time (5 days, 5 days, 6 days) to further average the plurality of degrees of reduction per day.

(C2) Predict change in owned points using change tendency of owned points in the past For example, possession during the same period one year ago (day, week, day of the week, month, etc.) or in a predetermined period in the past (last week, last month, etc.) The degree of decrease in owned points may be predicted using the degree of decrease in points. Alternatively, based on the past point charge history, the date and time when the owned points are added and the point value to be added may be predicted.
(C3) Predict an increase in owned points based on contract information of the auto charge service For example, a service in which a predetermined amount (points) is automatically charged when the charge balance becomes less than a predetermined value, or a predetermined amount (points) every month If the customer has contracted for a service or the like that is automatically charged on a regular basis, the prediction may be made based on the contract content information.

Further, the following processing may be performed using the above-described predicted value of the degree of decrease or increase / decrease of the owned points.
(C4) Calculation of the date and time (or the number of days until the disappearance (or less than a predetermined threshold)) when the possession point disappears (or becomes less than a predetermined threshold) due to the point decrease (c5) The possession point has an expiration date (C6) If the owned point has an expiration date, it is expected to be calculated from the expiration date and the charge amount if the owned point has an expiration date. Judgment as to whether it is on schedule from owned points and actual owned points

  Although the present embodiment is configured to predict the tendency of the change of the owned points, the present invention does not exclude the configuration of predicting the tendency of the fluctuation of the power consumption (the instantaneous power value or the integrated power value).

Hereinafter, a process of predicting a future change tendency of the owned points will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the possession points decrease over time. In FIG. 4, for example, an image is shown in which payment is made on a daily basis, but the actual payment timing is not limited to this, and payment may be made in an arbitrary period, such as every week, every ten days, or the like.

Then, the owned points increase according to the prepaid charge amount. In FIG. 4, it is charged at the date and time t1 and t2. The prediction unit 106 predicts a future change in the owned points using the past change tendency of the owned points. In the transition graph G of the owned points from the time after being charged at the date and time t2 to the present, the slope (differential value) of the graph G at least at two points in time is acquired, and the average value is calculated from the current date and time t3 to the future owned points. It is assumed that the inclination is a straight line L (shown by a broken line in the figure) indicating the change.
Alternatively, the difference between the owned points at the time of charging at the date and time t2 and the current owned points may be obtained, and the slope of the straight line L may be obtained from the number of days from the date and time t2 to the present. As described above, the method of predicting the tendency of the owned points to fluctuate is not limited to these.

  From the straight line L obtained in this way, it is possible to calculate the date and time when the possessed point is less than the predetermined threshold value Pt1 point or disappears (0 point). In FIG. 4, the owned point is less than the threshold value Pt1 point at the date and time t4, and the owned point is 0 point at the date and time t5.

  In addition, the possessed points may have an expiration date. When a point with an expiration date expires, the owned point disappears. Therefore, the prediction unit 106 may determine whether or not the date and time t5 when the owned points become 0 points is before the expiration date of the owned points.

The output timing of the output unit 108 may be a case where an output condition exemplified below is satisfied, but is not limited thereto. Further, the following output timing may be a combination of at least two.
(D1) When the owned points of the customer fall below a predetermined value (for example, the threshold value Pt1 in FIG. 4). (D2) The owned points of the customer are within a predetermined period (for example, “within three days from today”, “1”). (After a week), "until the end of the month", "until the date before the next scheduled payment" etc.), when it is predicted to be less than the specified value (d3) For points with an expiration date, when the specified number of days before the expiration date (D4) If points with different expiration dates coexist due to different charging times, it is predicted that at least some of the points will expire after a predetermined number of days and disappear, and the owned points will be less than a predetermined value. When

The output form of the output unit 108 is exemplified below, but is not limited thereto.
(E1) Display information about possession points on the communication device 90 of the consumer on a display unit (not shown) of the communication device 90.
The display form may be a form in which a numerical value or a mark indicating the current owned point is displayed, a form in which, when the owned point satisfies the output condition described above, information for notifying the customer of the fact, or a combination thereof. Can be
The display unit of the communication device 90 may be an LED display, a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, or the like. In the case of an LED display, the balance of the owned points is still sufficient (for example, at least one of lighting, green, and three lighting), or the balance is almost exhausted due to the color, number, lighting and blinking method of the display. The display form may be determined so that the customer (for example, at least one of blinking, red, and lighting of one) can be visually recognized by the customer.

This embodiment can be realized by the output unit 96 of the communication device 90 described above.
The output unit 96 changes the output contents based on the possession points.
Further, the output unit 96 may output based on the tendency of the owned points to change, or may change the output content based on the tendency of the owned points to change.
The output unit 96 performs output based on the information on the owned points received from the output unit 108 by the communication unit 94. Here, the form in which the output unit 108 performs display output is described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various output forms such as audio output, video output, print output, and vibration output can be applied. The information on the owned points received by the communication unit 94 of the communication device 90 from the external device and used by the output unit 96 may be the owned point data itself or a display instruction as described above (which LED is turned on and blinked). Instruction to display).
In other words, the output unit 108 of the management device 100 and the output unit 96 of the communication device 90 may output together based on the possessed point data.
(E2) The information about the possessed points is transmitted by e-mail to the consumer's smartphone, mobile phone, personal computer, communication device 90, HEMS, or the like.
The destination of the mail is a destination, a mail address, an IP address, or the like designated in advance by the customer.
(E3) Present information on owned points on a user-specific web page accessible to consumers.
The information on the owned points in (e2) and (e3) includes the current (existing date and time) owned point balance, the number of days until the owned points disappear, a graph showing the tendency of the owned points to fluctuate, and the information indicating that the owned points will soon disappear. The message includes at least one of messages notifying the customer of the fact or a combination of at least two of these. Further, a configuration may be employed in which the information items to be output can be selected by the user.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer 60 that implements the management device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
In the present specification, a configuration in which a management device according to an embodiment of the present invention is realized by a server device such as a power retailer server 30 or a cloud server 40 will be described as an example. However, the management device of the present invention may realize at least a part of its functions by the communication device 90 of the customer.

  Each component of the management device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a CPU 62, a memory 64, and a program 80 loaded into the memory 64 for realizing the components of the management device (for example, the management device 100 in FIG. 2). This is realized by an arbitrary combination of hardware and software of an arbitrary computer 60 having a storage 66 such as a hard disk for storing the program 80 and an interface (I / O (Input / Output) 68) for network connection. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that there are various modifications in the method and apparatus for realizing the method. The functional block diagram illustrating the management device according to each embodiment described below does not show a configuration in a hardware unit but shows a block in a logical function unit. In each of the drawings, the configuration of a portion that does not relate to the essence of the present invention is omitted and is not shown.

  By reading the program 80 stored in the storage 66 into the memory 64 and executing it by the CPU 62 of the computer 60 in FIG. 5, each function of each unit in the management apparatus 100 in FIG. 2 can be realized. The computer 60 may be realized by a virtual server.

  The computer program 80 according to the present embodiment includes a computer 60 for realizing the management device 100, a procedure for updating the owned point data according to the amount paid by the customer according to the amount of power consumption, and the power consumption of the customer. Based on the amount history or the owned point data update history, execute the procedure of predicting the future fluctuation trend of the customer owned point indicated by the owned point data, and the step of outputting based on the predicted future fluctuation trend. It is described to be.

  The computer program 80 of the present embodiment may be recorded on a recording medium readable by the computer 60. The recording medium is not particularly limited, and various forms are conceivable. Further, the program 80 may be loaded into the memory 64 of the computer 60 from a recording medium, or may be downloaded to the computer 60 via a network and loaded into the memory 64.

  The recording medium that stores the computer program 80 includes a non-transitory tangible computer 60-useable medium, in which a program code readable by the computer 60 is embedded. When the computer program 80 is executed on the computer 60, it causes the computer 60 to execute the following management method for realizing the management device 100.

The management method of the management device 100 of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described below.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the management device 100 according to the present embodiment.
In the management method according to the present embodiment, the management device 100 updates the owned point data according to the amount paid by the customer according to the power consumption (step S103), and records the history or ownership of the power consumption of the customer. Based on the update history of the point data, the future change tendency of the customer owned point indicated by the owned point data is predicted (step S105), and an output based on the predicted future change tendency is performed (step S107).

More specifically, in the management device 100, the point storage unit 102 stores the owned point data updated in accordance with the amount paid in advance by the customer in the point storage unit 102 (step S101). Then, the settlement unit 104 updates the owned point data stored in the point storage unit 102 according to the power consumption of the customer (step S103). The prediction unit 106 predicts a future change tendency of the customer owned points indicated by the owned point data based on the power consumption history of the customer or the update history of the owned point data (step S105). Then, the output unit 108 performs an output based on the predicted future fluctuation tendency (step S107).
Each step of the flowchart of FIG. 6 can be performed asynchronously.

As described above, in the management device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the customer owned point data is updated by the settlement unit 104 according to the power consumption of the customer. Then, the prediction unit 106 predicts the future fluctuation tendency of the owned points of the customer based on the history of the power consumption of the customer or the update history of the owned point data. Then, an output based on the future fluctuation tendency is output to the output unit 108.
As described above, according to the management device 100 of the present embodiment, the future change tendency of the customer owned points is predicted based on the history of the power consumption of the customer or the update history of the owned point data, and the prediction result is obtained. , So that the customer can charge before the possession points disappear. In addition, the consumer can appropriately control the power consumption to save power and save electricity bills. Further, based on the amount of money prepaid by the customer, the electric power retailer can predict future electric power consumption and plan an appropriate electric power supply. As described above, according to the management device 100 of the present embodiment, it is possible to allow the customer to use the planned power, and also to enable the power retailer to plan the power supply.

(Second embodiment)
FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing a logical configuration of the management device 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The management apparatus 200 according to the present embodiment is different from the above-described embodiment in that it has a configuration in which a customer to be a demand limit candidate is selected based on the customer's owning points and power demand control is performed. .
The management device 200 according to the present embodiment includes a settlement unit 104, a prediction unit 106, and an output unit 108, which are similar to the management device 100 according to the embodiment in FIG. 2, and further includes a list creation unit 202, a control unit 204 and a point storage unit 102.

The point storage unit 102 stores owned point data updated according to the amount paid in advance by the customer. The point storage unit 102 may be provided in the management device 200 as in the present embodiment, but may be another device accessible by the management device 200, or may be provided in the communication device 90. . The owned point data stored in the point storage unit 102 indicates the owned points of each customer.
Each component of the management device 100 of the above embodiment can be realized by at least one of the electric power retailer server 30, the cloud server 40, and the communication device 90. The control unit 204 is realized by the electric power retailer server 30 or the cloud server 40.

The list creation unit 202 selects a customer whose possession point is less than the predetermined threshold as a power demand restriction candidate, and adds information on the selected customer to the candidate list.
When power demand control is required, the control unit 204 communicates with a communication device (a communication device 90, a HEMS, a personal computer, or a mobile phone such as a smartphone) of a consumer corresponding to at least one demand limit candidate included in the candidate list. To the terminal).

Here, the demand control information is a so-called demand response. In the United States, demand response is defined by the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission :) (2011) as follows. Demand response is defined as: `` When the wholesale market price rises or the system reliability deteriorates, the consumer side converts the power consumption pattern so as to suppress the use of electricity in accordance with the setting of the electricity price or the payment of incentives Thing ".
Hereinafter, in this specification, the demand control information is also referred to as a demand response.

The demand control information is received by the watt hour meter 10 from the power company server 20 of FIG. 1 via the A route and transferred to the communication device 90 via the B route, or when the power retailer server 30 or the cloud server A case in which the communication device 90 directly receives data from the management device 40 (the management device 100) via the C route may be considered.
In this specification, it is assumed that the communication device 90 directly receives the demand control information from the electric power retailer server 30 or the cloud server 40 (the management device 100).
In the present embodiment, the demand control information is transmitted from the electric power retailer server 30 to the communication device 90 via the route C. Alternatively, the request may be transmitted from the cloud server 40 to the communication device 90 upon receiving a request from a power retailer. The demand control information is assumed to be notified to the customer as a demand control event.

  The list creation unit 202, based on the owned points for each customer indicated by the owned point data stored in the point storage unit 102, among the plurality of consumers, a customer whose owned points are less than a predetermined threshold, Select as demand limit candidate. This is because a consumer having a small number of owned points can suppress the power consumption according to the demand response, and consequently saves the consumption of points. This makes it possible to efficiently increase the participation rate of the demand restriction event based on the demand response.

A plurality of consumers may be given identification information such as a user ID in advance. In the present embodiment, as the user information of the customer, at least one of address information (IP address, IP address, and the like) of a user ID, a password for user authentication, a user's communication device 90, a HEMS, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, and a personal computer. The mail address and the like are registered in the database of the electric power retailer server 30 or the cloud server 40 (the management device 100).
When creating the candidate list, the list creating unit 202 can use, for example, a user ID or user address information as information on the customer.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the structure of the candidate list 210 of the management device 200 according to the present embodiment.
The candidate list 210 includes, for example, the user ID of the customer and the points owned by the customer. The candidate list 210 may further include a field indicating the priority of the customer. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 8, there is no priority, and the order of records in the candidate list 210 may indicate the order of consumers. Further, as described above, as the information of the demand restriction candidate, at least one of the address information (IP address, mail address, and the like) of the communication device 90 of the customer, the HEMS, the mobile terminal such as the smartphone, and the personal computer is used. May be included.

  Further, the candidate list 210 may include device information used by the customer. The device information held in the candidate list 210 is information indicating whether the device used by the customer is a specific device such as an air conditioner, information indicating the priority of the device to be controlled, device type, or The information indicating the type of the device is not particularly limited. Any information may be used as long as it can determine whether or not a device to be controlled by a demand response is used. The above-mentioned specific device is not a control such as on / off control, but, for example, a device capable of controlling power consumed by switching a mode in which the device operates such as a normal mode and an energy saving mode, as an example. And devices such as air conditioners that can easily reduce power consumption by temperature adjustment.

  In the example of FIG. 8, the points owned by the customer are included in the candidate list 210, but the candidate list 210 only needs to have at least a user ID, and stores different customer information based on the user ID. From the storage unit (not shown), the customer's own points and device information may be acquired.

  The list creation unit 202 may further rearrange the candidates included in the candidate list 210 under the following conditions, and set the order of the candidates in the candidate list 210 as the order in which the control unit 204 selects the candidates. Also, instead of the list creating unit 202 rearranging the candidates in the candidate list 210, the control unit 204 may select the candidates from the candidate list 210 according to the following conditions.

(F1) Select a candidate based on the value of the possessed point. For example, the candidate is sorted or selected in the candidate list 210 in ascending order of the current possessed points.
(F2) Select a candidate based on the degree of future decrease of the owned points For example, in the candidate list 210, the candidates are sorted or selected in ascending order of the time when the predicted future owned points become less than a predetermined value. .
(F3) Select Candidate Based on Expiration Date of Owned Point For example, in the candidate list 210, in the case of owned points with an expiration date, the points are sorted or selected in ascending order of the expiration date.
(F4) Select a candidate by combining (f2) and (f3) For example, in the candidate list 210, in the case of an owned point with an expiration date, during the remaining period of the expiration date, from the past consumption tendency, Rearrange or select from the earliest shortage of the owned points (below the predetermined threshold).

  Further, in the present embodiment, the management device 200 may include a device information acquisition unit (not shown) that acquires device information of a power-related device of a customer. Then, the list creating unit 202 changes the order of the customer who owns the predetermined power-related device (hereinafter, also referred to as “device”) to a higher rank in the candidate list 210 based on the device information of the customer. Good.

In this configuration, the control unit 204 may further include the following as conditions for selecting at least one candidate from the candidate list 210.
(F5) Priority is given to a customer who uses a specific device such as an air conditioner based on device information of a power-related device transferred from the communication device 90 of the customer. For example, a device that can control power consumption by switching between a plurality of modes having different power consumptions of the device, such as a normal mode and an energy saving mode, and controlling the operation, is included. Examples include devices such as air conditioners, refrigerators, and electric water heaters, which can easily reduce power consumption by temperature adjustment. In these devices, the effect of suppressing power consumption can be particularly efficiently obtained.

The control unit 204 transmits the demand control information.
The demand control information includes information for controlling the power demand of the customer. Various methods for controlling power demand are conceivable and are not particularly limited. As an example, a method of controlling at least one of the driving operation, the power consumption, the power generation, and the power storage for the power-related device of the consumer is considered. The demand control information is transmitted, for example, every 30 minutes. More specifically, the demand control information transmitted to each customer every 30 minutes includes a target value of the power consumption to be reduced for 30 minutes and the control content of the driving operation for 30 minutes after transmission or reception of the demand control information. And so on.

  A signal for controlling the power-related device of the customer may be transmitted, or an instruction for controlling the power-related device of the consumer may be transmitted to the communication device 90 (FIG. 1). The communication device 90 may transfer the received control signal to each power-related device, and each power-related device may operate according to the control signal, or the communication device 90 may transmit the received control signal to the power-related device based on the received control instruction. On the other hand, it may have a function of controlling at least one of driving operation, power consumption, power generation, and power storage.

  There are two types of actions on the consumer side in response to a demand response: a case where the customer can select whether or not to participate as a demand restriction event, and a case where the customer cannot be selected because it is forcibly implemented as in the case of rolling blackouts. is there. In this specification, a demand response in which a customer can select whether or not to participate as a former demand restriction event will be described as an example, but a demand response that is forcibly performed as in the latter scheduled power outage is not excluded.

The management method of the management device 200 of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described below.
9 and 10 are flowcharts illustrating an operation example of the management device 200 according to the present embodiment. 9 illustrates an example of the operation of the list creation unit 202 of the management device 200 according to the present embodiment, and the flowchart of FIG. 10 illustrates an example of the operation of the control unit 204.
The management device 200 of the present embodiment performs the same procedure (steps S101 to S107) as the flowchart of FIG. 6 of the management device 100 of the above embodiment, and further performs the procedures of FIGS. 9 and 10. 6, 9 and 10 can be performed asynchronously.

In the management device 200, the list creation unit 202 first selects a customer from a plurality of customers in order (step S201 in FIG. 9). The method of selecting the customer is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, in the order of identification information such as a user ID given to the customer in advance. Hereinafter, the processing of step S203 to step S205 in FIG. 9 is sequentially performed for all customers. Here, all the consumers may include at least the customers who can be demand response targets, and include selecting a target customer in advance and sequentially processing the target customers. .
The target consumer of the demand response is not particularly limited, for example, a customer in a predetermined area, a customer under a predetermined contract, a customer using power of a predetermined power plant, or , And combinations thereof.

Then, based on the owned points of each customer indicated by the owned point data stored in the point storage unit 102, the list creating unit 202 determines whether the owned points of the customer are less than a predetermined threshold (FIG. 9). Step S203). If the customer's possession point is less than the predetermined threshold (YES in step S203 in FIG. 9), the customer is selected as a power demand candidate, and information on the selected customer (in the example of FIG. 8, the user (ID and possession point) are added to the candidate list 210 (step S205 in FIG. 9). The list creation unit 202 may sort the plurality of candidates included in the candidate list 210 under the above-described conditions. After step S205 in FIG. 9, the process proceeds to step S207 in FIG.
Note that the selection of the demand restriction candidates and the sorting of the demand restriction candidates in the list creating unit 202 are not only determined based on whether the current or future owned points are less than a predetermined threshold as described above, The candidates may be selected or rearranged under the conditions (f3) to (f5) using the expiration date or the device information.

  When the possession point of the customer is equal to or more than the predetermined threshold (NO in step S203 in FIG. 9), the process bypasses step S205 in FIG. 9 and proceeds to step S207 in FIG. Then, it is determined whether or not the above processing has been performed for all customers (step S207 in FIG. 9). If the processing has been completed for all consumers (YES in step S207 in FIG. 9), the processing ends. If the processing has not been completed for all customers (NO in step S207 in FIG. 9), the process returns to step S201 in FIG. 9, and the next customer is selected. In this manner, the candidate list 210 is created by the list creating unit 202. Next, using the created candidate list 210, the control unit 204 performs processing.

  First, when power demand control is required (YES in step S211 in FIG. 10), the present process starts. Then, the control unit 204 transmits the power demand control information (demand response) to the communication device 90 of the customer corresponding to at least one demand restriction candidate included in the candidate list 210 (step in FIG. 10). S213). There is no particular limitation on the method of selecting a consumer who transmits a demand response from the candidate list 210. All of the customers included in the candidate list 210 may be used, or the customers of the top of the candidate list 210 or any predetermined number of customers may be used. Alternatively, a customer in a predetermined area, a customer having a predetermined contract, a customer using power from a predetermined power plant, or a combination thereof may be used.

As described above, in the management device 200 of the present embodiment, the list creation unit 202 selects a customer whose owned point is less than the predetermined threshold as a power demand restriction candidate based on the owned point of each customer. , Are added to the candidate list 210. Further, when the power demand control is necessary, the control unit 204 transmits a demand response from the candidate list 210 to the communication device 90 of at least one candidate. Then, power demand control is performed on the customer side.
As described above, according to the management device 200 of the present embodiment, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained, and further, the demand response candidate is selected by selecting the power demand restriction candidate based on the customer's owned points. Since the request is sent, for example, a customer with a small balance of owned points is more likely to accept the demand response than a customer with sufficient owned points, and it is possible to efficiently increase the demand response achievement rate. it can.

In addition, since the power retailer requests the power company where the customer is located to transmit and distribute power, the power demand and the supply amount from the power retailer are reported to the power company in 30-minute units. They are obliged to have the same amount for 30 minutes.
Therefore, a demand response that performs demand control is planned so that the demand amount of the customer and the supply amount from the electric power retailer match. Then, if a demand response including the target value of the power consumption to be reduced for 30 minutes and the control content of the driving operation for 30 minutes after the transmission or reception of the demand control information is transmitted to each customer, the power consumption of the customer is obtained. And the possibility of achieving the same amount for 30 minutes at the same time.
Therefore, according to the management device 200 of the present embodiment, by transmitting the demand response to the customers included in the candidate list 210 created by the list creating unit 202, the possibility of achieving the same amount for 30 minutes is increased. It also has the effect of being able to do so.

(Modification of Second Embodiment)
In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the list creation unit 202 selects a customer whose current possession point is less than a predetermined threshold as a power demand restriction candidate. In the present embodiment, an embodiment will be described in which a power demand restriction candidate is selected based on a future change tendency of a customer owned point predicted by the prediction unit 106. The above embodiment based on the current owned points and the present embodiment based on the future fluctuation tendency of the owned points may be combined.
The configuration of the present embodiment is the same as the management device 200 of the second embodiment, except for the operation of the list creation unit 202 only. Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to FIG.

  In the present embodiment, the list creating unit 202 of the management device 200 selects a power demand restriction candidate from a plurality of customers based on the future tendency of the owned points, and outputs information on the selected customer. It is added to the candidate list 210.

Based on the future trend of the owned points for each customer predicted by the prediction unit 106, the list creation unit 202 identifies a customer whose owned points are insufficient in the future from a plurality of consumers, and sets a power demand limit. The user is selected as a candidate, and the user ID and the address information are added to the candidate list 210.
Also in the present embodiment, if the demand response is followed, the power consumption can be suppressed, and as a result, the consumption of points can be reduced. Therefore, there is a high possibility that the demand response will be accepted. A customer is selected. This makes it possible to efficiently increase the participation rate of the demand restriction event based on the demand response.

Specifically, based on the future tendency of the owned points to change for each customer, a customer that satisfies the following conditions is selected as a candidate.
The list creation unit 202 determines that the possessed points are within a predetermined period (for example, “within 3 days from today”, “after one week”, “until the end of the month”, “until the next scheduled payment date”, and the like) and a predetermined threshold (for example, FIG. 4 that are less than the threshold value Pt1) are selected as power demand limit candidates and added to the candidate list 210.

Further, the future tendency of the owned points to fluctuate for each customer includes the disappearance of the points due to the expiration of the owned points. Therefore, the list creation unit 202 selects a customer whose expiration date expires within a predetermined period (ownership point becomes 0 point) as a power demand candidate, and adds it to the candidate list 210 with respect to the owned point with time limit. May be.
The condition under which the control unit 204 selects at least one candidate from the candidate list 210 is the same as the above-described condition.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the management device 200 according to the present embodiment.
The processing procedure of FIG. 11 includes steps S201, S205, and S207, which are similar to the processing procedures of the flowchart of the above-described embodiment of FIG. 9, and further includes step S221. The operation of the control unit 204 is the same as that in the flowchart of the above-described embodiment in FIG. Hereinafter, only portions different from the above embodiment will be described.
In step S221, the list creating unit 202 determines whether the owned points of the consumer selected in step S201 are within a predetermined period based on the future fluctuation trend of the owned points for each customer predicted by the prediction unit 106. It is determined whether it is less than or equal to. If the future possession point of the customer is less than the predetermined threshold (YES in step S221), the customer is selected as a power demand candidate, and information on the selected customer (user ID in the example of FIG. Is added to the candidate list 210 (step S205). If the customer's possessed points are equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold (NO in step S221), the process proceeds to step S207.
Note that the selection of the demand restriction candidates and the sorting of the demand restriction candidates in the list creating unit 202 are not only determined based on whether the current or future owned points are less than a predetermined threshold as described above, The candidates may be selected or rearranged under the conditions (f3) to (f5) using the expiration date or the device information.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12, a case where the possession points of the customers A and B are fluctuating will be described as an example. It is assumed that the solid line La1 indicates the change history of the owned points of the customer A, and the one-dot chain line Lb1 indicates the change history of the owned points of the customer B. The list creation unit 202 changes the points owned by the customer A after the current date and time t3 by a broken line La2. Further, the change of the possession point of the customer B after the current date and time t3 by the list creation unit 202 is indicated by a two-dot chain line Lb2. Then, the customer whose owned points are less than the predetermined threshold Pt1 within the predetermined period, here, until the date and time t5 is the customer A. The possession points of the customer B are equal to or more than the predetermined threshold Pt1. Therefore, the list creation unit 202 selects the customer A as a candidate for power demand restriction, and adds information about the customer A to the candidate list 210. The customer B is not selected as a power demand restriction candidate.

  For example, in FIG. 13 showing another variation example of the owned points of the customer A and the customer B, the points of Lb2 of La2 are the same at the date and time t3. As described above, even if the points of Lb2 of La2 are the same at the date and time t3, based on the change history of the owned points of the customers A and B, the points are not changed within a predetermined period (here, the date and time t5). A customer whose owned points are less than the predetermined threshold Pt1 can be predicted as the customer A. On the other hand, the possession point of the customer B can be predicted to be equal to or more than the predetermined threshold Pt1. Therefore, the list creation unit 202 selects the customer A as a candidate for power demand restriction, and adds information about the customer A to the candidate list 210. The customer B is not selected as a power demand restriction candidate.

By using the candidate list 210 including the consumers selected in this way, when the power demand control is required by the control unit 204, at least one candidate communication device 90 is transmitted from the candidate list 210 to the communication device 90. Then, a demand response is transmitted. Then, demand control of the electric power is performed on the customer side.
As described above, according to the management device 200 of the present embodiment, the demand response candidate is selected and the demand response is transmitted based on the future fluctuation trend of the customer's owned points. A consumer whose possession point balance becomes smaller in the future is more likely to accept a demand response than a consumer who can afford, and the efficiency of achieving power demand control can be increased more efficiently.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram showing a main part of a logical configuration of the management device 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The management device 300 of the present embodiment is different from the management device 200 of the above embodiment in that the transmitted demand response has a configuration in which an incentive is given to the customer who has performed the demand restriction.
The management device 300 according to the present embodiment has the same configuration as the management device 200 according to the above-described embodiment in FIG. 7, and further includes a determination unit 302 and a point giving unit 304.
Each component of the management device 100 according to the above embodiment can be realized by at least one of the electric power retailer server 30, the cloud server 40, and the communication device 90. However, the determination unit 302 of the management device 300 according to the present embodiment. , And the point giving unit 304 are realized by the electric power retailer server 30 or the cloud server 40.

The determination unit 302 acquires history information of the power consumption of the customer or the operation of the power-related device for a predetermined period, and determines whether or not the power consumption of the customer has been reduced in response to the demand control information. .
The point giving unit 304 adds the points to the points owned by the customer whose power consumption has been reduced based on the determination result.

Also in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the demand control information is notified to the customer as a demand control event. A method of determining whether or not the customer has participated in the demand control event by the determination unit 302 is exemplified below, but is not limited thereto. Hereinafter, conditions for determining that the user has participated in the demand control event will be described. Also, the determination may be made by combining at least two of the following conditions.
(G1) Consumption of a predetermined period of time based on history information of a predetermined period (for example, a period including at least one before or after transmission of a demand response) of a power consumption (an instantaneous power value or an integrated power value) of a consumer. The average value of the amount of power is compared before and after the transmission of the demand response, and when the amount of power consumption is reduced by a predetermined value or more (g2), the power consumption of the customer is determined during the predetermined period ( When the power consumption during the demand limitation event period is suppressed to be less than the predetermined threshold (g3) A predetermined period related to the operation of the power-related device of the customer (for example, a period including at least one of before and after transmission of the demand response) (G) When the device changes from the operation state to the operation stop state before and after the transmission of the demand response based on the history information of (g4), When the operation mode of the device changes to the energy saving mode before and after the transmission of the demand response based on the history information of the predetermined period regarding the operation, (g5) Based on the history information of the operation of the power-related device of the customer based on the predetermined period, When the set temperature of the device changes by a predetermined value or more before and after the transmission of the demand response and becomes low enough to suppress the power consumption. For example, the set temperature of heating is changed by a predetermined value or more. The set temperature of the refrigerator has been changed higher than a predetermined value.
(G6) When the mode is changed to a mode in which the power generated by the power generation device or the power stored in the power storage device is used before and after the transmission of the demand response based on the history information of the operation of the power-related device of the customer for a predetermined period.

Various methods of giving points in the point giving section 304 are conceivable, and are exemplified below, but are not limited thereto. Further, at least two of the following point giving methods may be combined.
(H1) When the power consumption of the customer is reduced by a predetermined value or more, the predetermined point is added to the owned point of the customer. (H2) The power consumption of the customer is during a predetermined period (during a demand limit event period). (H3), the points corresponding to the power consumption of the customer reduced in (h3) are added to the owned points of the customer. (H4) A point corresponding to the length of the period during which the power consumption is suppressed in (h2) is added to the point owned by the customer. (H5) The determination unit 302 determines that the customer has participated in the demand restriction event. In this case, a predetermined point is added to the point owned by the customer (h6). A point corresponding to the number of power-related devices of the customer has changed to a state in which the power consumption is reduced before and after the transmission of the demand response. Adding cement to the ownership point of the consumer

As described above, in the management device 300 of the present embodiment, the determination unit 302 acquires the power consumption of the customer or the history information of the operation of the power-related device for a predetermined period after transmitting the demand response, and transmits the demand response. It is determined whether or not the power consumption of the customer has been reduced in response to the request. Then, based on the determination result, the point adding unit 304 adds points to the owned points of the consumer whose power consumption has been reduced.
As described above, according to the management device 300 of the present embodiment, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained, and further, incentives such as point addition can be provided to a customer who has reduced power consumption in response to a demand response. Can be provided, and the customer is motivated to accept the demand response, and the achievement rate of power demand control can be efficiently increased.
Therefore, according to the management device 300 of the present embodiment, by transmitting the demand response to the customer, there is also an effect that the possibility of achieving the same amount for 30 minutes can be increased.

(Fourth embodiment)
FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram showing a logical configuration of the management device 400 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The management device 400 according to the present embodiment includes the settlement unit 104 similar to the management device 100 according to the above-described embodiment in FIG. 2, and further includes a selection unit 402 and a control unit 404.

The management device 400 according to the present embodiment includes a settlement unit 104 that updates owned point data according to the amount paid by the customer according to the amount of power consumption, and a plurality of customers based on the owned points for each customer. A selection unit 402 that selects a customer whose possession point is less than a predetermined threshold as a power demand candidate, and a communication device (communication device 90, HEMS, personal computer, or , A mobile terminal such as a smart phone, etc.).
Also in the present embodiment, the owned point data is updated according to the amount paid in advance by the customer, and is stored in the point storage unit 102 in FIG. The point storage unit 102 may be included in the management device 400, may be another device accessible by the management device 400, or may be included in the communication device 90. The owned point data stored in the point storage unit 102 indicates the owned points of each customer.

  According to this configuration, the customer owned point data is updated by the settlement unit 104 according to the power consumption of the customer. Then, based on the owned points of each customer, the selecting unit 402 selects a customer whose owned points are less than a predetermined threshold as a power demand restriction candidate. Further, when power demand control is required, the control unit 404 transmits a demand response to the communication device of the demand limit candidate. Then, on the consumer side, power demand control is performed.

As described above, according to the management device 400 of the present embodiment, a demand response candidate is selected and the demand response is transmitted based on the customer's possession points. A customer with a smaller balance of owned points is more likely to accept a demand response than a house, and the demand response achievement rate can be increased efficiently.
Plan a demand response that performs demand control so that the demand amount of the customer and the supply amount from the electricity retailer match, and if the demand response is transmitted to the customer, the power consumption of the customer is controlled. And it is possible to achieve the same amount for 30 minutes.
Therefore, according to the management device 400 of the present embodiment, by transmitting the demand response to the communication device of the demand restriction candidate selected by the selection unit 402, it is possible to increase the possibility of achieving the same amount for 30 minutes simultaneously. It also has the effect that it can be done.

FIG. 19 is a functional block diagram showing a logical configuration of the management device 500 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The management device 500 according to the present embodiment includes the same settlement unit 104, prediction unit 106, and output unit 108 as the management device 200 according to the above-described embodiment in FIG. 7, and further includes a control unit 502.
The management device 500 of the present embodiment has a configuration that does not include the list creation unit 202 of the management device 200 of FIG. 7, and has the same configuration except for the above. The management device 500 according to the present embodiment realizes the same function as the management device 200 according to the second embodiment, that is, selection of a demand restriction candidate without using the candidate list 210.
The configuration of the management device 300 of the third embodiment in FIG. 14 may be combined with the management device 500 of the present embodiment.

  In the management device 500 of the present embodiment, the control unit 502 controls the communication device corresponding to the demand limit candidate selected from the plurality of consumers based on the future fluctuation tendency of the owned points, and Send demand control information.

  In the present embodiment, the management device 500 may include a device information acquisition unit (not shown) that acquires device information of a power-related device of a customer. Then, the control unit 502 may select a demand restriction candidate based on the device information of the customer. In the present embodiment, the selection condition of the demand restriction candidate can be the same as in the second embodiment.

Further, in a modified embodiment of the present embodiment, the management device 500 may further include a selection unit (not shown) for selecting a customer whose owned point is less than a predetermined threshold as a power demand restriction candidate.
Then, the control unit 502 may transmit the power demand control information to the communication device of the customer corresponding to the selected demand restriction candidate.

The management method of the management device 500 of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described below.
The management method according to the present embodiment is configured such that the management device 500 performs communication with a communication device of a customer corresponding to a demand limit candidate selected from a plurality of customers based on a future change tendency of owned points. Send a demand response.

As described above, in the management device 500 of the present embodiment, the control unit 502 controls the communication device corresponding to the demand limit candidate selected from the plurality of consumers based on the future tendency of the owned points. 90, a demand response is transmitted. Then, power demand control is performed on the customer side.
As described above, according to the management device 500 of the present embodiment, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained, and further, the demand response candidate is selected by selecting the power demand restriction candidate based on the customer's owning points. Since the request is sent, for example, a customer with a small balance of owned points is more likely to accept the demand response than a customer with sufficient owned points, and it is possible to efficiently increase the demand response achievement rate. it can.

In addition, since the power retailer requests the power company where the customer is located to transmit and distribute power, the power demand and the supply amount from the power retailer are reported to the power company in 30-minute units. They are obliged to have the same amount for 30 minutes.
Therefore, a demand response that performs demand control is planned so that the demand amount of the customer and the supply amount from the electric power retailer match. If a demand response including the target value of the power consumption to be reduced for 30 minutes and the control content of the driving operation for 30 minutes after transmission or reception of the demand control information is transmitted to each customer, the power consumption of the customer can be reduced. Can be controlled and the same amount of 30 minutes can be achieved simultaneously.
Therefore, according to the management device 500 of the present embodiment, by transmitting the demand response to the demand limit candidate selected based on the customer's possession point, the possibility of achieving the same amount for 30 minutes is increased. It also has the effect that it can be done.

  As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings. However, these are merely examples of the present invention, and various configurations other than the above can be adopted.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the management device of the present invention will be described.
In an embodiment in which the management device predicts a future fluctuation trend of the customer's owned points and outputs based on the predicted fluctuation trend, the customer's owned points are termed, indefinite, and A combination of them is conceivable. Hereinafter, each case will be described.

(Example 1)
The management device according to the present embodiment has the configuration of the management device 100 in FIG. 2, and it is assumed that the points owned by the customer have no time limit. The management device 100 outputs based on the predicted fluctuation tendency.
In the present embodiment, the output unit 108 performs a display indicating the balance level of the owned points on an LED display unit (not shown) of the communication device 90 (FIG. 1).

For example, the output unit 108 displays a blinking red light indicating that the possessed points will soon be less than the first prescribed threshold value Pt1 (FIG. 16), and the possessed points are less than the second prescribed threshold value Pt2 (FIG. 16) which is larger than the first prescribed threshold value Pt1. , And a green lighting display indicating that the possessed points are equal to or greater than the second predetermined threshold value Pt2.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 16, the output unit 108 outputs based on a change in the future owned point predicted by the prediction unit 106 (indicated by a broken line L). In addition, the output unit 108 displays yellow light when the owned point is less than the second predetermined threshold value Pt2, and displays red light when the owned point is less than the first predetermined threshold value Pt1, according to the current owned point. Do.

  First, the prediction unit 106 predicts a future possession point (broken line L). Then, based on the prediction result, the output unit 108 obtains the date and time ta1 at which the owned point becomes less than the second predetermined threshold value Pt2, and turns on the LED display unit from green on to yellow flashing on the date and time ta2 before the predetermined period (T1). Change to display. This allows the user to be notified in advance that the owned points will be less than the second predetermined threshold value Pt2 after a predetermined period (T1) at the date and time ta2. Then, when the possessed point falls below the second predetermined threshold value Pt2 (ta1), the output unit 108 may change the LED display unit from blinking yellow to lighting yellow.

  Further, the output unit 108 obtains the date and time tb1 at which the possessed point becomes less than the first predetermined threshold value Pt1 based on the prediction result, and on the date and time tb2 before the predetermined period (T2), the LED display unit flashes from yellow to red and flashes red. Change to display. This allows the user to be notified in advance that the owned points will be less than the first predetermined threshold value Pt1 after the predetermined period (T2) at the date and time tb2. Then, when the possessed point becomes less than the first predetermined threshold value Pt1 (tb1), the output unit 108 may change the LED display unit from blinking red to lighting red.

(Example 2)
The management device of the present embodiment has the configuration of the management device 100 of FIG.
Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to FIG.
For example, based on the expiration date tc1 of the owned point, the output unit 108 notifies the address of the customer when a predetermined period (T3, for example, one week) has passed before the expiration date tc1. For example, a message indicating that the expiration date is approaching one week later is transmitted to the e-mail address of the smartphone of the consumer by e-mail. Further, the notification may be retransmitted in a second predetermined period, for example, two days before the expiration date (not shown).
The timing for transmitting the notification may be set by the user.

The output unit 108 transmits a notification e-mail to the e-mail address of the smartphone of the customer at the date and time tc2 that is a predetermined period (T3) before the expiration date tc1 of the points charged at the date and time t1.
Thus, at the time tc2, the user can be notified in advance that the expiration date of the owned point expires after a predetermined period (T3).

  The second embodiment may be combined with the first embodiment. For example, based on the prediction result, the output unit 108 obtains the date and time tb1 at which the owned point becomes less than the first predetermined threshold value Pt1, and changes the LED display unit to red blinking display at the date and time tb2 before the predetermined period (T2). You can also.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to the exemplary embodiments and examples. However, the present invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments and examples. Various changes that can be understood by those skilled in the art can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the scope of the present invention.
In the present invention, when acquiring and using information on a user, this shall be performed legally.

Hereinafter, examples of the reference embodiment will be additionally described.
1. Settlement means for updating the owned point data according to the amount paid by the consumer according to the power consumption;
Selecting means for selecting a customer whose owned point is less than a predetermined threshold as a power demand limit candidate from a plurality of customers based on the owned points for each customer,
Control means for transmitting power demand control information to the communication device of the customer corresponding to the demand limit candidate,
A management device comprising:
2. The selecting means selects a demand limit candidate from a plurality of consumers based on a future trend of the owned points,
1. The management device according to 1.
3. The selecting means selects the demand limit candidate based on the magnitude of the value of the owned points,
1. Or 2. The management device according to 1.
4. The selecting means selects the demand limit candidate based on the degree of decrease of the owned points,
1. From 3. The management device according to any one of the above.
5. Further comprising device information obtaining means for obtaining device information of the power related device of the customer,
The selecting means selects the demand limit candidate based on the device information of the customer,
1. From 4. The management device according to any one of the above.
6. The power-related device, the operation is controlled in a plurality of modes with different power consumption,
5. The management device according to 1.
7. The selecting means selects the demand limit candidate based on the expiration date of the owned point,
1. From 6. The management device according to any one of the above.
8. Determining means for acquiring history information for a predetermined period regarding the power consumption of the customer or the operation of the power-related device, and determining whether or not the power consumption of the customer has been reduced in response to the power demand control information; When,
The apparatus further includes a point providing unit that adds a point to the owned point of the customer who has reduced the power consumption based on the determination result.
1. To 7. The management device according to any one of the above.
9. An acquisition unit for acquiring a measurement value related to the electric energy from the electricity meter of the customer,
The settlement means updates the owned point data according to the power consumption of the customer based on the measured value,
1. From 8. The management device according to any one of the above.
10. Based on the history of the power consumption of the customer or the update history of the owned point data, prediction means for predicting the future fluctuation trend of owned points,
Output means for performing an output based on the future fluctuation tendency predicted by the prediction means,
Further comprising,
1. To 9. The management device according to any one of the above.
11. 9. The predicting means predicts a future change tendency of the owned points based on the degree of decrease of the owned points. The management device according to 1.
12. 9. The predicting means predicts a future change tendency of the owned point based on a change tendency of the owned point during a predetermined period in the past. Or 11. The management device according to 1.
13. 9. The predicting unit predicts a future change tendency of the owned point based on an expiration date of the owned point. To 12. The management device according to any one of the above.

14． The management device is
Update the owned point data according to the amount paid by the consumer according to the power consumption,
Based on the history of the power consumption of the customer or the update history of the owned point data, predict the future fluctuation trend of the owned point of the customer indicated by the owned point data,
Output based on the predicted future fluctuation trend,
Management method.
15. The management device,
Based on the degree of decrease of the owned points, predicting future fluctuation trends of the owned points,
14． Management method described in.
16. The management device,
Predicting future fluctuation trends of the owned points based on the fluctuation trends of the owned points during a predetermined period in the past,
14． Or 15. Management method described in.
17． The management device,
Predicting future trends of the owned points based on the expiration date of the owned points,
14． From 16. The management method according to any one of the above.
18. The management device,
Based on the future fluctuation trend of the owned point, the communication device corresponding to the demand limit candidate selected from the plurality of customers, to transmit the power demand control information,
14． From 17. The management method according to any one of the above.
19. The management device,
Selecting the demand limit candidate based on the magnitude of the value of the owned points,
18. Management method described in.
20. The management device,
Selecting the demand limit candidate based on the degree of decrease of the owned points,
18. Or 19. Management method described in.
21. The management device further includes:
Acquire device information of the power-related device of the customer,
Based on the device information of the customer, select the demand limit candidate,
18. To 20. The management method according to any one of the above.
22. The management device,
Controlling the operation of the power-related device in a plurality of modes with different power consumption,
21. Management method described in.
23. The management device,
Selecting the demand limit candidate based on the expiration date of the owned point,
18. To 22. The management method according to any one of the above.
24. The management device,
The customer whose owned point is less than a predetermined threshold is selected as a power demand limit candidate,
To the communication device of the customer corresponding to the demand limit candidate, transmit power demand control information,
14． To 23. The management method according to any one of the above.
25. The management device further includes:
Obtain history information of the power consumption of the customer or the operation of the power-related device for a predetermined period, and determine whether the power consumption of the customer has been reduced in response to the power demand control information,
Based on the determination result, add a point to the owned point of the customer who reduced the power consumption,
14． To 24. The management method according to any one of the above.
26. The management device further includes:
Obtaining a measurement value related to the electric energy from the electricity meter of the customer,
Update the owned point data according to the power consumption of the consumer based on the measured value,
14． To 25. The management method according to any one of the above.

27. On the computer,
A procedure for updating the owned point data according to the amount paid by the consumer according to the power consumption,
A procedure for predicting a future change tendency of the customer owned points indicated by the owned point data, based on the history of the power consumption of the customer or the update history of the owned point data;
A procedure for outputting based on the predicted future fluctuation trend,
A program for executing
28. For causing a computer to execute a procedure of predicting a future change tendency of the owned points based on the degree of decrease of the owned points,
27. The program described in.
29. For causing a computer to execute a procedure of predicting a future change tendency of the owned point based on a change tendency of the owned point in a predetermined period in the past,
27. Or 28. The program described in.
30. Based on the expiration date of the owned point, to cause the computer to execute a procedure for predicting the future fluctuation trend of the owned point,
27. From 29. The program according to any one of the above.
31. To cause a computer to execute a procedure of transmitting power demand control information to a communication device corresponding to a demand limit candidate selected from among a plurality of consumers based on a future change tendency of the owned point. of,
27. From 30. The program according to any one of the above.
32. For causing a computer to execute a procedure for selecting the demand limit candidate based on the magnitude of the value of the owned point,
31. The program described in.
33. For causing a computer to execute a procedure for selecting the demand limit candidate based on the degree of decrease in the owned points,
31. Or 32. The program described in.
34. Procedure for acquiring device information of the power-related device of the customer,
For further causing a computer to execute a procedure for selecting the demand restriction candidate based on the device information of the customer,
31. From 33. The program according to any one of the above.
35. For causing the computer to execute a procedure for controlling the power-related device in a plurality of modes with different power consumption,
34. The program described in.
36. For causing a computer to execute a procedure of selecting the demand limit candidate based on the expiration date of the owned point,
31. To 35. The program according to any one of the above.
37. A procedure for selecting a customer whose owned point is less than a predetermined threshold as a demand limit candidate for electric power,
For the communication device of the consumer corresponding to the demand limit candidate, for causing the computer to execute a procedure of transmitting power demand control information,
27. From 36. The program according to any one of the above.
38. A step of acquiring history information for a predetermined period related to the power consumption of the customer or the operation of the power-related device, and determining whether or not the power consumption of the customer has been reduced in response to power demand control information;
Based on the determination result, for causing the computer to further execute a step of adding a point to the owned point of the customer who has reduced the power consumption,
27. To 37. The program according to any one of the above.
39. A procedure for acquiring a measurement value related to the electric energy from the electricity meter of the customer,
For causing a computer to further execute a procedure for updating the owned point data according to the power consumption of the consumer based on the measured value,
27. To 38. The program according to any one of the above.

40. The management device is
Update the owned point data according to the amount paid by the consumer according to the power consumption,
Based on the owned points for each customer, from among a plurality of customers, a customer whose owned points are less than a predetermined threshold is selected as a demand limit candidate for power,
To the communication device of the customer corresponding to the demand limit candidate, transmit power demand control information,
Management method.
41. The management device,
Based on the future fluctuation trend of the owned points, select a demand limit candidate from a plurality of customers,
40. Management method described in.
42. The management device,
Selecting the demand limit candidate based on the magnitude of the value of the owned points,
40. Or 41. Management method described in.
43. The management device,
Selecting the demand limit candidate based on the degree of decrease of the owned points,
40. To 42. The management method according to any one of the above.
44. The management device further includes:
Acquire device information of the power-related device of the customer,
Based on the device information of the customer, select the demand limit candidate,
40. To 43. The management method according to any one of the above.
45. The management device,
Controlling the operation of the power-related device in a plurality of modes with different power consumption,
44. Management method described in.
46. The management device,
Selecting the demand limit candidate based on the expiration date of the owned point,
40. To 45. The management method according to any one of the above.
47. The management device further includes:
Obtain history information of the power consumption of the customer or the operation of the power-related device for a predetermined period, and determine whether the power consumption of the customer has been reduced in response to the power demand control information,
Based on the determination result, add a point to the owned point of the customer who reduced the power consumption,
40. To 46. The management method according to any one of the above.
48. The management device further includes:
Obtaining a measurement value related to the electric energy from the electricity meter of the customer,
Update the owned point data according to the power consumption of the consumer based on the measured value,
40. From 47. The management method according to any one of the above.
49. The management device further includes:
Based on the history of the power consumption of the customer or the update history of the owned point data, predict the future fluctuation trend of the owned point of the customer indicated by the owned point data,
Output based on the predicted future fluctuation trend,
40. From 48. The management method according to any one of the above.
50. The management device,
Based on the degree of decrease of the owned points, predicting future fluctuation trends of the owned points,
49. Management method described in.
51. The management device,
Predicting future fluctuation trends of the owned points based on the fluctuation trends of the owned points during a predetermined period in the past,
49. Or 50. The management device according to 1.
52. The management device,
Predicting future trends of the owned points based on the expiration date of the owned points,
49. To 51. The management method according to any one of the above.

53. On the computer,
A procedure for updating the owned point data according to the amount paid by the consumer according to the power consumption,
Based on the owned points for each customer, from among a plurality of customers, a procedure for selecting a customer whose owned points are less than a predetermined threshold as a demand limit candidate for power,
A procedure of transmitting power demand control information to a communication device of a customer corresponding to the demand limit candidate,
A program for executing
54. For causing the computer to execute a procedure for selecting a demand limit candidate from among a plurality of consumers based on the future fluctuation tendency of the owned points,
53. The program described in.
55. For causing a computer to execute a procedure for selecting the demand limit candidate based on the magnitude of the value of the owned point,
53. Or 54. The program described in.
56. For causing a computer to execute a procedure for selecting the demand limit candidate based on the degree of decrease in the owned points,
53. To 55. The program according to any one of the above.
57. Procedure for acquiring device information of the power-related device of the customer,
For further causing a computer to execute a procedure for selecting the demand restriction candidate based on the device information of the customer,
53. From 56. The program according to any one of the above.
58. For causing the computer to execute a procedure for controlling the power-related device in a plurality of modes with different power consumption,
57. The program described in.
59. For causing a computer to execute a procedure of selecting the demand limit candidate based on the expiration date of the owned point,
53. To 58. The program according to any one of the above.
60. A step of acquiring history information for a predetermined period related to the operation of the power consumption or the power-related device of the customer and determining whether or not the power consumption of the customer has been reduced in response to the power demand control information;
Based on the determination result, for causing the computer to further execute a step of adding a point to the owned point of the customer who has reduced the power consumption,
53. To 59. The program according to any one of the above.
61. A procedure for acquiring a measurement value related to the electric energy from the electricity meter of the customer,
For causing a computer to further execute a procedure for updating the owned point data according to the power consumption of the consumer based on the measured value,
53. From 60. The program according to any one of the above.
62. A procedure for predicting a future change tendency of the customer owned point indicated by the owned point data based on the history of the power consumption of the customer or the update history of the owned point data;
For further causing the computer to execute a procedure of outputting based on the predicted future fluctuation tendency,
53. From 61. The program according to any one of the above.
63. For causing a computer to execute a procedure of predicting a future change tendency of the owned points based on the degree of decrease of the owned points,
62. The program described in.
64. For causing a computer to execute a procedure of predicting a future change tendency of the owned point based on a change tendency of the owned point in a predetermined period in the past,
62. Or 63. The program described in.
65. Based on the expiration date of the owned point, to cause the computer to execute a procedure for predicting the future fluctuation trend of the owned point,
62. From 64. The program according to any one of the above.

7 Network 10 Watt hour meter 20 Power company server 30 Power retailer server 40 Cloud server 50 Power measuring device 52 Solar panel 54 Load device 56 Battery 60 Computer 62 CPU
64 memory 66 storage 68 I / O
80 program 90 communication device 92 acquisition unit 94 communication unit 96 output unit 100 management device 102 point storage unit 104 settlement unit 106 prediction unit 108 output unit 200 management device 202 list creation unit 204 control unit 210 candidate list 300 management device 302 determination unit 304 Point giving unit 400 Management device 402 Selection unit 404 Control unit 500 Management device 502 Control unit

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Settlement means for updating the owned point data according to the amount paid by the consumer according to the power consumption;
Based on the history of the power consumption of the customer or the update history of the owned point data, prediction means for predicting the future fluctuation trend of owned points,
Output means for performing an output based on the future fluctuation tendency predicted by the prediction means,
With
The output means, when the points charged are different, if there is a mixture of points with different expiration dates, if at least some of the points expire after a predetermined number of days and disappear, the owned points will be less than the predetermined value A management device that outputs when predicted .   The management device according to claim 1, wherein the prediction unit predicts a future change tendency of the owned points based on a degree of decrease of the owned points.   The management device according to claim 1, wherein the prediction unit predicts a future change tendency of the owned point based on a change tendency of the owned point in a past predetermined period.   4. The management device according to claim 1, wherein the prediction unit predicts a future change tendency of the owned point based on an expiration date of the owned point. 5. Settlement means for updating the owned point data according to the amount paid by the consumer according to the power consumption;
Based on the history of the power consumption of the customer or the update history of the owned point data, prediction means for predicting the future fluctuation trend of owned points,
Output means for performing an output based on the future fluctuation tendency predicted by the prediction means,
Control means for transmitting power demand control information to a communication device corresponding to a demand limit candidate selected from among a plurality of consumers based on a future fluctuation tendency of the owned points. apparatus.   The management device according to claim 5, wherein the control unit selects the demand limit candidate based on the value of the owned point.   The management device according to claim 5, wherein the control unit selects the demand restriction candidate based on a degree of decrease in the owned points. Further comprising device information obtaining means for obtaining device information of the power related device of the customer,
The control means selects the demand limit candidate based on the device information of the customer,
The management device according to claim 5.   The management device according to claim 8, wherein the operation of the power-related device is controlled in a plurality of modes having different power consumption.   The management device according to claim 5, wherein the control unit selects the demand restriction candidate based on an expiration date of the owned point. Settlement means for updating the owned point data according to the amount paid by the consumer according to the power consumption;
Based on the history of the power consumption of the customer or the update history of the owned point data, prediction means for predicting the future fluctuation trend of owned points,
Output means for performing an output based on the future fluctuation tendency predicted by the prediction means,
Selection means for selecting a customer whose owned points are less than a predetermined threshold as a power demand limit candidate,
Control means for transmitting power demand control information to the communication device of the customer corresponding to the demand limit candidate,
A management device comprising: Determining means for acquiring history information for a predetermined period regarding the power consumption of the customer or the operation of the power-related device, and determining whether or not the power consumption of the customer has been reduced in response to the power demand control information; When,
The apparatus further includes a point providing unit that adds a point to the owned point of the customer who has reduced the power consumption based on the determination result.
The management device according to claim 11. An acquisition unit for acquiring a measurement value related to the electric energy from the electricity meter of the customer,
The settlement means updates the owned point data according to the power consumption of the customer based on the measured value,
The management device according to claim 11. Settlement means for updating the owned point data according to the amount paid by the consumer according to the power consumption;
Selecting means for selecting a customer whose owned point is less than a predetermined threshold as a power demand limit candidate from a plurality of customers based on the owned points for each customer,
Control means for transmitting power demand control information to the communication device of the customer corresponding to the demand limit candidate,
A management device comprising: A communication device that communicates with the management device according to any one of claims 1 to 14,
Acquiring means for acquiring a measurement value related to power consumption from a watt hour meter of a customer;
A communication unit that transmits the measurement value to the management device, and from the management device, receives information about owned point data according to the amount paid by the customer according to the power consumption amount,
Output means for performing output based on the possession points. The output means changes output contents based on the possessed points,
The communication device according to claim 15. The output unit performs output based on the tendency of the owned points to change, or changes output content based on the tendency of the owned points to change,
The communication device according to claim 15.

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