Actor description
The CEM is a logical function optimizing energy consumption and or production based on signals received from the grid, consumer‟s settings and contracts, and devices minimum performance standards. The Customer Energy Manager collects messages sent to and received from connected devices; especially the inhome/building sector has to be mentioned. It can handle general or dedicated load and generation management commands and then forwards these to the connected devices. It provides vice versa information towards the “grid / market”. Note that multiple loads/generation resources can be combined in the CEM to be mutually controlled. When the CEM is integrated with communication functionalities it is called a Customer Energy Management System or CEMS.
