Prediction of available generator running time

A power monitoring system for a facility, comprising:

• a generator coupled to a fuel tank;
• a plurality of monitors configured to monitor power drawn by loads in the facility from the generator;
• a processor configured to be coupled to the plurality of monitors and configured to:
• monitor a plurality of loads drawing power from the generator using the plurality of monitors;
• monitor a plurality of parameters that affect the amount of power drawn by the plurality of loads;
• monitor a fuel consumption rate of the generator;
• generate a plurality of load profiles for each load of the plurality of loads, each load profile indicating power drawn by a corresponding load over a period of time for a set of values for each parameter of the plurality of parameters;
• receive a set of loads of the plurality of loads for which a predicted time is to be generated;
• receive values for each parameter of the plurality of parameters;
• generate a predicted load profile for the set of loads and the values for each parameter of the plurality of parameters;
• receive information indicating an amount of remaining fuel;
• and
• calculate a predicted available run time based on the power drawn indicated by the predicted load profile, the fuel consumption rate of the generator, and the amount of remaining fuel,
• wherein generating the predicted load profile includes aggregating two or more load profiles of the plurality of load profiles to predict future power usage of the set of loads, and
• wherein the two or more load profiles corresponds to two or more loads.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instruction for predicting available run time for a generator including instructions that will cause at least one processor to:

• monitor plurality of loads drawing power from the generator;
• monitor a plurality of parameters that affect the amount of power drawn by the plurality of loads;
• monitor a fuel consumption rate of the generator;
• generate a plurality of load profiles for each load of the plurality of loads, each load profile determining power drawn by a corresponding load over a period of time for a set of values for each parameter of the plurality of parameters;
• determine a set of loads from the plurality of loads for which a predicted time is to be generated;
• receive values for each parameter of the plurality of parameters;
• generate a predicted load profile for the set of loads and the values of each parameter of the plurality of parameters;
• receive information indicating an amount of remaining fuel;
• and
• calculate, on a computer system, a predicted available run time based on the power draw indicated by the predicted load profile, the fuel consumption rate of the generator, and the amount of remaining fuel,
• wherein generating the predicated load profile includes aggregating two or more load profiles of the plurality of load profiles to predict future power usage of the set of loads, and
• wherein the two or more load profiles correspond to two or more loads.