In the year 2000 Rey Montalvo, President of Consolidated Energy Design, Inc. (CED), recognized the need for a Fully Automated Demand Response/Reduction System requiring NO human intervention, to help stabilize “Power Grids” in the USA and internationally, improving their reliability, while at the same time-saving end-users significant money on their energy bills. It was not called Smart Grid Technology at the time, but rather, Price Sensitive Load Management.
Mr. Montalvo commenced R&D activities and on October 8, 2008, filed for a US Provisional Patent for such a system which he ultimately called FADRS® (pronounced faders), this Fully Automated Demand Response and Reduction System was filed for patent review on October 8, 2009, and achieved full patent status in late 2013 (Essential FADRS®) followed by two additional patents in 2015 for Smart Micro-Grid Technology (FADRS® Near Net Zero and FADRS® Net Zero) and in 2019 for IoT “Mini BAS” Edge Control technology (FADRS® GIZMO).