METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MODEL-FREE PRIVACY PRESERVING THERMAL LOAD MANAGEMENT

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for thermal load management of a collection of power consumers managed by an electric power aggregator. In some examples, a system includes a scheduling subsystem, implemented on one or more processors, configured for determining a plurality of cooling or heating control schedules for the collection of power consumers by forecasting one or more wholesale electricity price peaks. The system includes a control system implemented on one or more processors. The control system is configured for carrying out the cooling or heating control schedules at the individual consumer-level. The control system is configured for guaranteeing, for each power consumer of the collection of power consumers, a comfort constraint specified by a bilevel thermostat for the power consumer, wherein the comfort constraint comprises a lower level bound temperature and an upper bound temperature that the power consumer is willing to tolerate.