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6052671 Computerized bill consolidation, billing and payment authorization with remote access to the billing information  
Computerized billing and payment authorization methods and systems are described. In one aspect, a host system includes a database in which information associated with a billable entity from which...
6049791 Utility meter and display system  
A new Utility Meter and Display System for reading and displaying utility usage information within a building structure. The inventive device includes an encasement, a microprocessor within the...
6047274 Bidding for energy supply  
An auction service is provided that stimulates competition between energy suppliers (i.e., electric power or natural gas). A bidding moderator (Moderator) receives bids from the competing suppliers...
6021402 Risk management system for electric utilities  
A computer implemented risk-management system schedules the generating units of an electric utility while taking into consideration power trading with other utilities and the stochastic load on the...
6021401 Computer system, apparatus and method for calculating demand usage  
A personal computer (PC) system determines a demand usage value at a predetermined time for a load powered by an electric power system. The computer system includes a database for storing energy...
6018726 Method of billing for information services in conjunction with utilities service  
A system for automatically billing information services in conjunction with utilities services. The system includes a main unit having a host computer with a database for storing data of various...
6006212 Time-of-use and demand metering in conditions of power outage with a mobile node  
An RF based communication system includes a transmitter for transmitting a signal. The transmitter is powered by an external power source and has a transmitter counter for generating a count. The...
5995022 Method and apparatus for executing a command in a plurality of electrical metering devices  
A method and apparatus for executing a command in a number of electrical metering devices of a power distribution system provides each metering device with a command having a predetermined...
5986573 Method and apparatus for metering building structures  
A method and apparatus for metering building structures having a plurality of service outlets each having control valves, includes the installing of meters within a given distance from each one of...
5974403 Power trading and forecasting tool  
A computer implemented tool forecasts the spot price of electric power in a deregulated market and the amounts of power that may be traded in this market. Using generating capacities of multiple...
5963650 Method and apparatus for a customizable low power RF telemetry system with high performance reduced data rate  
A customizable data acquisition device (DA) and a data collection system (DCS). The DA is remotely located for attachment to a variety of I/O devices, and uses an RF transceiver with a primary...
5940504 Licensing management system and method in which datagrams including an address of a licensee and indicative of use of a licensed product are sent from the licensee's site  
A license management system and method for recording the use of a licensed product, and for controlling its use in accordance with the terms of the license. A licensed product invokes a license...
5930779 Web based system and method to automate storage of power plant data and calculation of battery reserves  
A system and method for remotely inputting power plant data into a database and for calculating reserve times for which power plants can supply power to consumer equipment. The system includes a...
5842187 Electricity monitoring system  
An apparatus associated with a public electricity distribution network to determine charges for the supplied electricity where the period during which consumption is measured (the metered period)...
5794212 System and method for providing more efficient communications between energy suppliers, energy purchasers and transportation providers as necessary for an efficient and non-discriminatory energy market  
A method for providing more efficient communication between energy suppliers, energy purchasers, and transportation providers and having an administrator to assist in the transmission of energy as...
RE35793 Measuring and monitoring system  
A system for monitoring power usage of various devices at remote facilities is described. The system employs sensors at each facility to sense the on/off condition of the devices. A processor at...
5737730 Measuring process for measuring chargeable electrical consumption from an electrical network and electronic electricity meter  
A process for measuring electricity consumption, especially suitable for small consumers, comprises the steps of continuously measuring consumer current, integrating the current with time to obtain...
5717604 Network monitoring system for tracking, billing and recovering licenses  
A network monitoring system operates on a computer including processor for running a multi-tasking operating system capable of having active and inactive windows. The computer is connected to a...
5699276 Utility meter providing an interface between a digital network and home electronics  
A utility meter interface apparatus is connected between a utility company and a home. The utility meter interface includes a utility meter for measuring utility usage and a computer located...
5682325 Level 1 gateway for video tone networks  
In advanced digital networks for providing selective point-to-point communications between subscribers terminals and broadband server equipment operated by a plurality of independent information...
5646858 Heat apportionment system  
Apportioning energy costs among units by sensing a heat exchange for at least one heat exchanger in each unit. In response to this sensing, a value corresponding to an amount of heat provided by...
5621654 System and method for economic dispatching of electrical power  
The present invention relates to methods and systems for economically dispatching electrical power. The present invention utilizes real-time heat rates for a plurality of power generating units,...
5602744 Universal send/receive utility usage data gathering system  
A utility usage data gathering system that is universally capable of operating with any other portion of another usage gathering system is disclosed. The system comprises of major portions, the...
5598349 Responding to pricing signals from a power supplier using mixed add/shed and profile setback delta schemes  
A method for employing utility-supplied information relies on two schemes for accommodating such pricing information. All subsystems in a building function based on the individual controller...
5566084 Process for identifying patterns of electric energy effects of proposed changes, and implementing such changes in the facility to conserve energy  
A process for identifying patterns of electric energy consumption and demand in a facility and determining possible changes in the facility for energy conservation, using monthly electric billing...
5519622 Real time, economic-impact display system for consumers of commoditized electric power  
This invention describes a method for presenting, in near real-time, information that guides consumers of variably priced electricity in the cost efficient management of its consumption. The method...
5502652 Method and apparatus for measuring heat transfer in small diameter pipes using acoustic signals  
Methods and apparatae for metering energy consumption in a mass transfer heat delivery system using acoustic signals. A first type of method uses the phase difference between two simultaneously...
5469365 Power monitor unit  
A unit monitors power and reports to a central location. The unit receives an A/C power signal to be monitored, senses a zero crossing of the A/C power signal, and delays an interval so as to...
5446374 Potentiometer multiplier circuit, and an electrical energy meter including such a circuit  
A circuit has two multiplier modules. Each multiplier module has at least one controllable potentiometer for adjusting the amplitude ratio between an output signal and an input signal of the...
5432710 Energy supply system for optimizing energy cost, energy consumption and emission of pollutants  
An energy supply system for supplying, in system interconnection, power received at a power receiving equipment from a power plant and power generated by a fuel cell to a power consuming...
5424958 Real time resource allocation  
The method allocates a demanded amount of power to a plurality of power output apparatus, each power apparatus having characteristic curves associated therewith, and the total power outputted from...
5404314 Real time environmental load allocation  
The method allocates a demanded amount of power to a plurality of power output apparatus, each power output apparatus having an emissions curve associated therewith, such that each of the power...
5289362 Energy control system  
A control system for controlling a climate control device, such as an HVAC device within a premise, utilizes real time price tier data supplied by the utility company to achieve economical...
5278772 Real-time economic load allocation  
The method allocates a demanded amount of power to a plurality of power output apparatus, each power output apparatus having a cost curve associated therewith, such that each of the power output...
5270958 Method and apparatus for automatic return from test mode  
The apparatus for automatic return from test mode includes a switch or optical port on a meter bezel for initiating, upon user actuation, the storing of customer billing data in a meter register...
5270704 Autonomous pulse reading and recording system  
An autonomous pulse reading and recording system is aimed at expediting centralised reading of meters generating or sending out pulses, likewise expediting consumption billing. The system is...
5243536 Method and apparatus for measuring volt-amps reactive power using synthesized voltage phase shift  
In the present invention, true volt-amperes reactive power is measured by sampling instantaneous voltage values of voltage and substantially simultaneously instantaneous values of current of an...
5237507 System for developing real time economic incentives to encourage efficient use of the resources of a regulated electric utility  
The electric utility industry is inexorably being forced into a less regulated, more competitive, and more conservation oriented mode of operation. It is therefore inevitable that electric energy...
5216623 System and method for monitoring and analyzing energy characteristics  
A system for monitoring various, diverse energy characteristics of an energy consuming system. The system includes a data gathering device that accumulates data representing each of the sensed...
5214587 Device for monitoring utility usage  
A device (10) for monitoring utility usage comprising a meter sensor assembly (16) attached to a utility meter (14) and a customer interface unit (20) placed inside a building (12). Sensor signals...
5153837 Utility consumption monitoring and control system  
The present invention is a digital and analog system for generating an energy log for instant recall and display. The system is permanently programmed in read-only memory with the task of scanning...
5146067 Prepayment metering system using encoded purchase cards from multiple locations  
A prepayment system for dispensing utilities using mag-stripe cards is disclosed wherein an accounting computer in a central office is used in conjunction with point-of-sale machines for encrypting...
5136514 Tariff arrangement with secure bidirectional interface  
A tariff arrangement which is preferably intended for an electricity meter comprises a microprocessor, a data memory and a bidirectional interface for transfer of data with a read-out device. For...
4998024 Energy controlling system for time shifting electric power use  
The disclosed system reduces power use during peak loads by automatically shifting the energization of the water heater to periods of off-peak power use. An energy controller maintains a calendar...
4949272 Flexible billing rate for mail communication systems  
A communication system for processing information for distribution, including: a central data station, a plurality of user stations, a communication link interconnecting the user stations with the...
4924404 Energy monitor  
An energy monitor for monitoring energy consumed by each of a plurality of energy consuming devices is disclosed. The energy monitor comprises a processor, a memory, means for storing energy usage...
4908769 Commodity metering systems  
A multi-rate commodity metering system comprises an electronic key containing an EEPROM, and a meter for metering the commodity and having a receptacle for receiving the key. The meter also...
4858141 Non-intrusive appliance monitor apparatus  
A non-intrusive monitor of energy consumption of residential appliances is described in which sensors, coupled to the power circuits entering a residence, supply analog voltage and current signals...
4852030 Time-of-use-meter with a calendar of cyclic events  
A time-of-use meter is provided with a means for storing a plurality of identifiers that each represent a cyclic event. These cyclic events are described in such a way that a single word of storage...
4814996 Portable energy cost calculation  
For measuring the current cost of an appliance, current cost-measuring apparatus includes a line voltage unit, which plugs into an electric outlet and into which the appliance is plugged, and a...
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