Systems and Methods for Advanced Energy Settlements, Network-Based Messaging, and Applications Supporting the Same

A method for advanced energy settlements in an electric power grid, comprising:

• providing an advanced energy settlement platform comprising at least one server computer operable for communication over a network with a multiplicity of distributed computing devices, a multiplicity of electric vehicles, a multiplicity of electric vehicle charging stations, and at least one energy customer;
• the advanced energy settlement platform aggregating power consumption data from the multiplicity of electric vehicles of the at least one energy customer and aggregating revenue grade power consumption data from at least one revenue grade meter;
• wherein each of the at least one revenue grade meter is attached to one of the multiplicity of electric vehicles or one of the multiplicity of electric vehicle charging stations;
• the advanced energy settlement platform aggregating revenue grade equivalent power consumption data, wherein the revenue grade equivalent power consumption data includes revenue grade metrology as required by a utility or a governing entity for management and settlement on the electric power grid;
• the advanced energy settlement platform creating near real-time settlements, wherein the near real-time settlements are revenue grade settlements based on the revenue grade metrology;
• aggregating and settling distributed energy charges for the multiplicity of electric vehicles and/or the multiplicity of electric vehicle charging stations from the at least one energy customer based on the near real-time settlements during a billing period;
• aggregating and settling fixed capacity and/or energy charges with at least one of an energy retailer, a retail energy provider, and/or a market participant, for the at least one energy customer during the billing period;
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• the advanced energy settlement platform managing and/or distributing and/or allocating a customer payment for the billing period among the at least one energy customer and an existing energy retailer of the at least one energy customer.