Measuring and reporting power received from guided surface waves

A method, comprising:

• receiving electrical energy in the form of a guided surface wave using a guided surface wave receive structure, the guided surface wave receive structure comprising:
• a charge terminal elevated over a lossy conducting medium;
• and
• a receiver network coupled between the charge terminal and the lossy conducting medium, the receiver network having a phase delay that matches a wave tilt angle associated with the guided surface wave, the wave tilt angle based at least in part upon characteristics of the lossy conducting medium in a vicinity of the guided surface wave receive structure;
• supplying the electrical energy to an electrical load coupled to the guided surface wave receive structure;
• and
• measuring an amount of electrical power consumed by the electrical load.

A system, comprising:

• a guided surface wave receive structure configured to obtain electrical energy from a guided surface wave traveling along a lossy conducting medium,
• wherein the guided surface wave is launched from guided surface waveguide probe that synthesizes an electric field at a complex Brewster angle of incidence of the lossy conducting medium in a vicinity of a guided surface waveguide probe and
• the guided surface wave receive structure comprises
• a charge terminal elevated over the lossy conducting medium;
• a receiver network coupled between the charge terminal and the lossy conducting medium, the receiver network having a phase delay that matches a wave tilt angle associated with the guided surface wave, the wave tilt angle based at least in part upon characteristics of the lossy conducting medium in a vicinity of the guided surface wave receive structure;
• and
• an impedance matching network;
• an electrical load coupled to the impedance matching network of the guided surface wave receive structure, the electrical load being experienced as a load at an excitation source coupled to a guided surface waveguide probe that generates the guided surface wave;
• and
• an electric power meter coupled to the electrical load and configured to measure the electrical load.