Energy coordination system

US6529839B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Retx.com, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ward Uggerud · Fergus Falls, US
• Donald Davenport · Ely, US
• Bradley Tollerson · Fergus Falls, US
• Dale Hanson · Hudsonville, US
• Myron Rader · Fergus Falls, US
• Katherine Sasseville · Fergus Falls, US
• Lawrence E. Larson · Del Mar, US
• Kirby Kugler · Erhard, US
• Wallace Ness · Fergus Falls, US
• Tom Brause · Fergus Falls, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 4, 2003
• Expiry date: May 28, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S50/10
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for scheduling the generation of energy in an energy distribution network having a plurality of customers and a plurality of energy sources, wherein the customer chooses an energy provider from which to receive its energy. The system comprises memory in communication with the input. The memory is configured to store a schedule for each customer, the schedule setting forth the predicted energy consumption for that customer over a predetermined period of time. A processor is in communication with the memory. The processor is configured to sum the schedules for each energy provider thereby creating a load schedule for each energy provider. An output interface is in communication with the processor. The output interface is configured to output each of the load schedules.