Semantic Technologies in Practical Demand Response: An Informational Requirement-based Roadmap

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01459v1
• Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:22:43 GMT
• Title: Semantic Technologies in Practical Demand Response: An Informational Requirement-based Roadmap
• Authors: Ozan Baris Mulayim, Yuvraj Agarwal, Mario Bergés, Steve Schaefer, Mitali Shah, Derek Supple,
• Abstract summary: The smart grid will be highly complex and decentralized, requiring sophisticated coordination across numerous human and software agents that manage distributed resources such as Demand Response (DR)<n>Current semantic technologies have progressed in commercial building and DR domains, but they are often developed without a formal framework that reflects real-world DR requirements.<n>This work aims to enhance the interoperability of today's and future smart grid, thereby facilitating scalable integration of DR systems into the grid's complex operational framework.
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• Abstract: The future grid will be highly complex and decentralized, requiring sophisticated coordination across numerous human and software agents that manage distributed resources such as Demand Response (DR). Realizing this vision demands significant advances in semantic interoperability, which enables scalable and cost-effective automation across heterogeneous systems. While semantic technologies have progressed in commercial building and DR domains, current ontologies have two critical limitations: they are often developed without a formal framework that reflects real-world DR requirements, and proposals for integrating general and application-specific ontologies remain mostly conceptual, lacking formalization or empirical validation. In this paper, we address these gaps by applying a formal ontology evaluation/development approach to define the informational requirements (IRs) necessary for semantic interoperability in the area of incentive-based DR for commercial buildings. We identify the IRs associated with each stage of the wholesale incentive-based DR process, focusing on the perspective of building owners. Using these IRs, we evaluate how well existing ontologies (Brick, DELTA, and EFOnt) support the operational needs of DR participation. Our findings reveal substantial misalignments between current ontologies and practical DR requirements. Based on our assessments, we propose a roadmap of necessary extensions and integrations for these ontologies. This work ultimately aims to enhance the interoperability of today's and future smart grid, thereby facilitating scalable integration of DR systems into the grid's complex operational framework.

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