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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8095475 | System and method for prepay account management system A prepay account management system comprises a secure data link operable to transmit a prepay customer account and meter data, a prepay server operable to receive the transmitted customer account data, the prepay server operable to update a balance of a prepay custo... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8055590 | Method and system for remotely monitoring meters Methods and systems remotely monitor a current value of a meter display. A picture of the display is taken with a camera equipped portable communication device. The picture is sent through the portable communication device and associated infrastructure to a processi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8019697 | Optimization of microgrid energy use and distribution An energy distribution may include a server and one or more databases. The system may communicate with an energy provider to receive energy provider data, at least one information collector to receive information collector data such as individualized energy usage da... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7970715 | System and method for monitoring and controlling water distribution An electronic system for maintaining and controlling the use of water includes a control valve, an electronic water counter and a central computer connected to the water counter by wire, internet or wireless for opening and closing a control valve during pre-selecte... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7949615 | System and method of controlling delivery and/or usage of a commodity A system and method manage delivery of energy from a distribution network to one or more sites. Each site has at least one device coupled to the distribution network. The at least one device controllably consumes energy. The system includes a node and a control syst... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7925597 | Power system stabilization system In a power system stabilization system for stabilizing a small-scale electric power system to which electric power generated by a rotating power generator is supplied, an electric water heater receives electric power from the electric power system and heats water, a... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7890436 | Billing and payment methods and systems enabling consumer premises equipment The present invention teaches a variety of systems and methods enabling renewable energy consumer premises equipment (CPE) such as dual metering techniques. The present invention contemplates, among other things, supporting, by increasing a likelihood of meeting fin... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7870080 | Multi-utility energy control and facility automation control system with dashboard having a plurality of interface gateways A multi-utility energy and facility automation control system has control center computer(s) connected to various utility consuming systems and software that formats pertinent systems' energy data, stores, retrieves, diagnoses and acts in response to changes and inc... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7831525 | Automated energy transfer calculation and compensation Thermal energy transfer between the adjoining building units is measured. Actual energy consumption is measured in each of the adjoining building units. An energy compensation is calculated for each of the adjoining building units based upon the measured thermal ene... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7818270 | Method and system for tracking and budgeting energy usage An energy tracking and reporting system can receive data inputs from multiple sources regarding one or more properties. A central database receives the information and correlates the information for numerous outputs. Information received by the central database can ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7778940 | System and method for creating and operating an enhanced distributed energy network or virtual power plant A system and method for operating a distributed power generation system comprising one or more Local Production Units (LPPUs) is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving and storing data relating to the operating performance of a plurality of LPPUs, rece... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7752145 | Consumer-sited power management system and method A system and method provide emergency back-up power for communications, security and other systems of an electric power consumer, and for peak-shifting of the electrical load so that electricity is generated and stored when demand is low, and the stored power is use... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7702594 | System and method for automated configuration of meters A number of meters to be configured according to a particular billing rate. Multiple billing rates may be defined, named, and stored for use. Each such billing rate may include time of use (TOU) configuration parameters and/or demand configuration parameters. Altern... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7698233 | System and method for determining expected unserved energy to quantify generation reliability risks A method, system and program product for quantifying a risk of an expected unserved energy in an energy generation system using a digital simulation. An energy load demand forecast is generated based at least in part on a weather year model. A plurality of energy ge... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7664711 | Apparatus, methods and computer programs for metering and accounting for services accessed over a network Apparatus, methods and computer programs provided for metering and accounting in a commercial e-services infrastructure address the requirement for handling composite services in which higher-level services are built using simpler underlying services, each of which ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7647282 | Systems and methods for reducing a risk associated with the supply of a commodity A method for reducing a risk associated with a commodity. The method is implemented at least in part by a computer and includes offering to supply the commodity to a commodity consumer. The offer includes an obligation to supply a first quantity of the commodity at ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7634449 | Method for managing risk in markets related to commodities delivered over a network A system, method, software, and portfolios for managing risk in markets relating to a commodity delivered over a network are described, in which a market participant constructs portfolios of preferably liquid price risk instruments in proportions that eliminate the ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7523075 | Startup cost model using time counter A system and method for generator startup cost modeling using a time counter are described herein. A method and system according to the invention may include assigning a binary value to one or more time segment variables each associated with an increment of the time... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7516106 | System and method for controlling usage of a commodity A system and method manage delivery of energy from a distribution network to one or more sites. Each site has at least one device coupled to the distribution network. The at least one device controllably consumes energy. The system includes a node and a control syst... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7478070 | Electric power supply control system With regard to electric-power-supply control, there is provided an electric power supply control system for implementing load control used to be executed for each individual customer consuming electric power as coordinated control for all customers and for selecting... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7444247 | System and method for reading power meters Various embodiments are described herein for a housing for a detection unit that is used to read a power meter unit mounted on a structure that is consuming power. The power meter unit includes an indication with a cyclical property having a period that varies at a ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437333 | Method and system for providing an energy cost estimation for a water distribution network A method and system for providing cost estimation in connection with a water distribution network is provided. The method includes estimating the energy cost within a water distribution network associated with pumps pushing water from areas of low hydraulic grade to... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430534 | System, method and computer program product for risk-minimization and mutual insurance relations in meteorology dependent activities A system, method and computer program product for minimizing risks associated with meteorology dependent activity. Such activity may include operation of renewable power sources and the delivery of power output from those renewable sources for sale on a market. The ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430545 | Power supply/demand control system In order to effectively supply and demand electric power between an electric power supplier and a node or a group of nodes individually having an electric power generator, the present invention provides an electric power supply and demand management system capable o... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430459 | System and method to control distributed power generation network This invention is a system to control a network of distributed power machines. In one preferred embodiment, the system monitors the prices of electricity and hydrocarbon fuels on the open market. When the system determines that electrical power can be generated from... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430512 | Method and system for selling lighting solutions A method for selling lighting solutions includes installing a lighting system and measuring the amount of lumens emitted and/or measuring the changes in light spectrum. The method also includes determining a fee based on the amount of lumens emitted and the changes ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427927 | In-home display communicates with a fixed network meter reading system A display system that communicates with existing automated meter reading communications systems to provide information to a user. The display includes a radio that listens to communications between a utility meter and the reading system. When the display recognizes ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7412304 | Power system for area containing a set of power consumers There is provided a power system for an area containing a set of power consumers which can be applied to a collective housing consisting of a single or more buildings and can prevent power supply stop of a supply line having a higher priority. The system includes: m... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406364 | Method and system to calculate a demand for energy A method to calculate energy demand in an energy generation, transmission and distribution network including one or more power plants based on different energy source types including renewable energy, a communications system and one or more local consumption meterin... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403854 | Method and apparatus for determining wind farm electricity production A method and apparatus for providing wind farm electricity production values is described. Such an arrangement is useful in providing an indication of potential electricity production values from a test site where there is limited meteorological data available. By a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7379791 | Integrated metrology systems and information and control apparatus for interaction with integrated metrology systems A system is disposed at a location of a utility commodity subscriber for informing the subscriber of and controlling utility commodity usage. The system includes utility meters, an information and control apparatus, and a first and second data communication link. Th... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379997 | System and method of controlling delivery and/or usage of a commodity A system and method manage delivery of energy from a distribution network to one or more sites. Each site has at least one device couple to the distribution network. The at least one device controllably consumes energy. The system includes a node and a control syste... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376631 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for reporting energy consumption Energy consumption meters are associated with owners who hold accounts with a power supplier. The meters are assigned meter identifiers and identifiers for their respective owners. Such a meter may be a parent meter having associated submeters. In response to being ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373222 | Decentralized energy demand management A decentralized load management and control system and method are provided herein. A plurality of loads in a system are associated with a multitude of respective networked load controllers. If energy demand exceeds optimum limits in operation then the networked load... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369950 | System and method for power quality analytics A power quality analysis system includes a combination of at least one of a power quality parameter value, power quality event properties, non-power quality properties, and time properties. The parameter value and other properties is used to create power quality inf... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369968 | Enterprise energy management system A system for managing energy consumption by equipment located at a site or a plurality of sites. The system includes a database including information relating to pieces of energy consuming equipment located at a site. A server is programmed to process utility bills ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359807 | Maintaining and managing metering data for a subsidized computer A method and apparatus for saving, retrieving, and adjusting metering data uses information about the period between saves of the metering data to non-volatile memory and other information, for example, a number of recovery events experienced by the computer. The re... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359878 | Pricing apparatus for resolving energy imbalance requirements in real-time A method and apparatus for resolving energy imbalance in a real-time manner is disclosed. A plurality of market user interfaces are coupled to an imbalance engine which determines optimal dispatch requirements corresponding to supply and demand requirements of the m... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356385 | End-user electrical load controller An end-user load controller that can be used in an electrical energy supply system for controlling electrical energy to an end-user load is disclosed. The controller periodically evaluates whether the load should be on or off based on comparisons of load-operating i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356536 | Optimized load prediction for security constrained unit commitment dispatch using linear programming for electricity markets The present invention is a method for optimizing security constrained unit commitment in the day ahead wholesale electricity market using mixed integer linear programming techniques. The wholesale electricity market uniquely requires the submission of offers to supp... | 04/08/2008 |
