Implementation and evaluation of OpenADR standard with AMI support in cloud computing

The evolutions in the electrical industry in recent years cause many challenges and require new means and methods to deal with it. Changes in the electrical systems are inevitable with the advent of challenges and issues in energy markets. The rapid expansion of energy systems required smart grid and services like advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) with two-way interaction. Since devices in smart grid are producing large volumes of data and require vast storage capacity and processing power to analyze it, these services are deployed in a small area. As the count of customers and the amount of producing data grows, we need a scalable platform. Cloud computing provides a platform that matches these requirements and can be used as a solution for smart grids. Interactions between utilities and customers are done by OpenADR standard. This standard used for sending and receiving demand response signals. We implement OpenADR with AMI support in cloud computing environments and evaluate critical parameters such as required bandwidth and resources for deploying this standard. We formulate the relations between price and response time. Utilities and third-party companies can use this result to forecast amount of resources and investment for building infrastructure and deploying this standard.