Power metadata transfer over power lines

A method for transmitting power information between a power supplier and a recipient, the method comprising:

• converting power information into metadata, wherein the power information describes an offer duration time period that a maximum amount of electricity is available for a current rate cost of the electricity that is charged by a provider offering the electricity;
• sending the metadata over a power transmission line with the electricity to a plurality of different endpoint recipient customers of the electricity;
• collecting the metadata from the power transmission line;
• decoding the collected metadata into the power information;
• and
• offering the electricity to each of the recipient customers of the electricity by:
• offering a first tier plurality of the recipient customers the maximum amount of the available electricity at the current rate cost for a first time period that is less than and during the offer duration time period;
• in response to determining that a remainder amount of the maximum amount of the available electricity is not taken by the first tier customers and is still available after expiration of the first time period, offering a different, second tier plurality of the recipient customers the remainder amount of the electricity at the current rate cost for another, second time period that is during the offer duration time period and is less than a total amount of time remaining in the offer duration time period after the expiration of the first time period;
• and
• in response to determining that another remainder amount of the maximum amount of the available electricity is not taken by the first or second tier customers and is still available after expiration of the second time period, offering the another remainder amount of the available electricity at the current rate cost to a remainder of the plurality of the recipient customers that are not within the first or second tier plurality of customers for a remainder of the offer duration time period after the expiration of the second time period.

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• a tangible computer readable tangible storage device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising instructions that, when executed on a computer system processing unit, cause the processing unit to:
• convert power information into metadata, wherein the power information describes an offer duration time period that a maximum amount of electricity is available for a current rate cost of the electricity that is charged by a provider offering the electricity;
• transmit the metadata over a power transmission line with the electricity to a plurality of different endpoint recipient customers of the electricity;
• and
• offer the electricity to each of the recipient customers of the electricity by:
• offering a first tier plurality of the recipient customers the maximum amount of the available electricity at the current rate cost for a first time period that is less than and during the offer duration time period;
• in response to determining that a remainder amount of the maximum amount of the available electricity is not taken by the first tier customers and is still available after expiration of the first time period, offering a different, second tier plurality of the recipient customers the remainder amount of the electricity at the current rate cost for another, second time period that is during the offer duration time period and is less than a total amount of time remaining in the offer duration time period after the expiration of the first time period;
• and
• in response to determining that another remainder amount of the maximum amount of the available electricity is not taken by the first or second tier customers and is still available after expiration of the second time period, offering the another remainder amount of the available electricity at the current rate cost to a remainder of the plurality of the recipient customers that are not within the first or second tier plurality of customers for a remainder of the offer duration time period after the expiration of the second time period.

A system, comprising:

• a processing unit, a computer readable memory and a tangible computer-readable device wherein the processing unit, when executing program instructions stored on the tangible computer-readable storage device via the computer readable memory:
• converts the power information into metadata, wherein the power information describes an offer duration time period that a maximum amount of electricity is available for a current rate cost of the electricity that is charged by a provider offering the electricity;
• transmits the metadata over a power transmission line with the electricity to a plurality of different endpoint recipient customers of the electricity, wherein the power information describes a current rate cost of the electricity that is charged by a provider offering the electricity to the endpoint recipients;
• and
• offers the electricity to each of the recipient customers of the electricity by:
• offering a first tier plurality of the recipient customers the maximum amount of the available electricity at the current rate cost for a first time period that is less than and during the offer duration time period;
• in response to determining that a remainder amount of the maximum amount of the available electricity is not taken by the first tier customers and is still available after expiration of the first time period, offering a different, second tier plurality of the recipient customers the remainder amount of the electricity at the current rate cost for another, second time period that is during the offer duration time period and is less than a total amount of time remaining in the offer duration time period after the expiration of the first time period;
• and
• in response to determining that another remainder amount of the maximum amount of the available electricity is not taken by the first or second tier customers and is still available after expiration of the second time period, offering the another remainder amount of the available electricity at the current rate cost to a remainder of the plurality of the recipient customers that are not within the first or second tier plurality of customers for a remainder of the offer duration time period after the expiration of the second time period.