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7610225 |
Methods and apparatus for performing resource tracking and accounting at a mobile node
Utilization of resources used to provide a service, and/or costs associated with providing system resources for a service, are tracked in a system where the available resources vary depending on a...
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7606745 |
System and method for tracking a billing cycle
A system for tracking a billing cycle in a billing system includes a data tracking engine and a rule-based engine. The rule-base engine retrieves information from the billing system during the...
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7590499 |
Recording and conveying energy consumption and power information
Aspects of the invention provide apparatuses, methods, and systems that support measuring and conveying energy consumption by an electrical device. An apparatus includes an energy sensor that...
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7590472 |
Energy arbitrage by load shifting
Methods and systems are provided for realizing energy cost savings through load shifting utilizing a battery bank that may serve as a battery back-up on a premises for providing power in the event...
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7567859 |
Methods and apparatuses for control of building cooling, heating and power co-generation systems
A control system and method for achieving economic operation of CHP systems. A plurality of factors, including power source prices and operational needs, are assessed using multiple strategies. The...
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7557729 |
Method and system for validation, estimation and editing of daily meter read data
A method for processing daily consumption, demand and time of use meter reads for electric, gas, water and other metered entities. The meter reads are collected by any of the well known Automated...
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7552033 |
System and method for diagnostically evaluating energy consumption systems and components of a facility
A method for diagnostically evaluating energy consumption of a facility includes receiving energy consumption data associated with the facility, generating facility data associated with the...
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7541941 |
System and method for monitoring and estimating energy resource consumption
The present invention discloses a system for monitoring and estimating the consumption of energy resources in real-time. The system includes an interactive user module, a measuring unit and a...
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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...
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7519485 |
Method and apparatus for determining energy savings by using a baseline energy use model that incorporates a neural network algorithm
A computer-based system, computer-implemented method and computer program product facilitate determining energy cost savings in an energy-consuming facility, such as a commercial building, using a...
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7519438 |
Method and a tool for calculating and displaying fault response tolerances for a power switching device
A method and tool for an integrated power switching device configuration tool and fault response tolerance calculator determines the fault response tolerance characteristics of a power switching...
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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...
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7512540 |
Automated new energy technology consulting and demand aggregation system and method
An automated energy consulting system and method is provided comprising an interactive input system linked to calculation algorithms and databases of energy-related products and services,...
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7509190 |
Method for administering an intermittent uncontrollable electric power generating facility
A method for administering an intermittent source of electrical power generation, such as a wind powered electric power generating facility, to produce electric power at a level up to a pre-set...
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7508318 |
Apparatus, system and method for monitoring, recording and billing for individual fixture and unit water usage in a multi-unit structure
An apparatus including means for measuring and storing flow information for a fluid flowing through each of a plurality of fixtures in a single unit in a multi-unit structure, and each means for...
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7499968 |
System and method for application resource utilization metering and cost allocation in a utility computing environment
A system and method for application resource utilization metering and cost allocation in a utility computing environment. In one embodiment, the system may include a computational resource, a...
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7489989 |
System for dispatching and controlling of generation in large-scale electric power systems
A system for dispatching and controlling generation in an electric power system consisting of a plurality of power units comprises a computer with dispatching optimization module connected by...
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7486782 |
Multifunction data port providing an interface between a digital network and electronics in residential or commercial structures
A multifunction data port is located in or attached to the utility meter or the meter box. The installation or removal of the data port requires opening the meter seal. The data port interface can...
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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...
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7474080 |
Method and apparatus for providing economic analysis of power generation and distribution
An economic dispatch program optimally allocates load demand specifying real power and reactive power to be generated by a power plant among various power generators in a manner so that each of the...
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7464056 |
Method for managing customer financial accounts
A method for managing customer financial accounts in a system for the delivery of products to a customer includes providing a customer account, first customer record, a second customer record, a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7353121 |
Methods, apparatus, media and signals for facilitating real-time management of a utility supply
Methods, apparatus, computer readable data and signals for facilitating the supply of a utility provided to a consumer site by a plurality of providers and/or retailers and differentiation are...
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7349887 |
Security constrained optimal dispatch for electricity markets
The present invention is an apparatus for optimizing security constrained dispatch and pricing for the wholesale energy trading market. The imbalance market uniquely requires a real-time market for...
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7346467 |
Profile based method for deriving a temperature setpoint using a ‘delta’ based on cross-indexing a received price-point level signal
A method for adjusting a plurality of controlled subsystems in a building or plant that facilitates cooperative energy usage with a utility provider. By referring to a single profile of adjustments...
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7343361 |
Apparatus for market dispatch 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...
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7343360 |
Exchange, scheduling and control system for electrical power
A system for providing an automated, on-line forward market for the exchange and scheduling of electrical power and for the auctioning of fixed transmission rights (FTRs) on a power generation and...
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7343226 |
System and method of controlling an HVAC system
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...
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7337153 |
Method and 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...
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7337081 |
Metering device with control functionality and method thereof
A metering device of a power substation and method are provided for operating on a secondary analog waveform output by a transformer assembly receiving a primary waveform. The method includes...
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7328129 |
Performance control apparatus and method for data processing system
A processing unit (processor) performs processing of programs. A monitoring unit measures the rate of operation of an instruction processor in the processing unit. Information which is a standard...
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7324977 |
Historical database system 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...
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7317404 |
Method and apparatus for collecting and displaying consumption data from a meter reading system
A method and an apparatus for collecting and displaying real-time utility consumption data and an estimate of utility costs from various utility metering modules upon request by the consumer within...
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7310572 |
Predictive contract system and method
A control method includes modeling a power generation apparatus, monitoring the generation of a total amount power from the power generation apparatus, monitoring internal consumption of power for...
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7308369 |
Ensuring automatic season change demand resets in a mesh type network of telemetry devices
Methods and systems of enforcing a season change demand reset in a meter that communicates via a wireless network. When billing data is received by a server, it is accompanied by a season change...
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7305281 |
Methods and systems for the management of a bulk electric power market
The present invention provides methods and systems for managing a bulk electric power market. A set of inter-related automated process streams relating to the bulk electric power market are...
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