System, apparatus, and method for energy management, for usage by consumers of energy from electric utility service providers, and monitoring and management of same
OwnerMichael Andrew Davis, IIinventor
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Abstract
The disclosure includes methods, systems and apparatus for predictive management of efficient selecting and receiving of retail electric utility service to a facility for a period, by automated selecting of a retail utility service provider corresponding to a selected least cost path of predicted rate plan choices across the period, wherein costs of all possible, viable time-bounded predicted rate plan choices are determined for predicted consumer usage where a predicted market of retail rate formulas for the period are predicted in relation to at least one variable, such as weather.
Claims12
A computer-implemented method for predictive management of retail electric utility service to a facility to select uninterrupted service for a period from a plurality of retail electric utility service providers to the facility, said method comprising:
- first determining, by a processor, retail rate formulas for a market comprising a plurality of retail electric utility service providers available to provide service to the facility, by analyzing retail rate information for the plurality of retail electric utility service providers;
- predicting, by a processor, retail rate formulas including retail rate plan choices for the market of retail electric utility service providers for the period;
- predicting, by a processor, consumer usage of retail electric utility service for the period;
- displaying, by a processor, a graphical representation of a plurality of uninterrupted cost paths from a plurality of predicted retail rate plan choices for the period;
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- first selecting, by a processor, a plurality of retail electric utility service providers providing an uninterrupted least cost path from a plurality of predicted retail rate plan choices for the plurality of retail electric utility service providers for the period.
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