Business management system and method for a deregulated electric power market with sharing of supply chain data
First Claim
11. A business management method for load estimation with interaction between an electrical energy supplier and a plurality of customer energy consumers, said method comprising the steps of:
- grouping said plurality of customers into respective customer circles such that each circle comprises a number of customers engaged in similar activities;
developing respective historical load profiles for each of said customer circles for a predetermined period past;
inputting said respective load historical profiles to an aggregate load profile estimator;
inputting near past load profiles to said aggregate load profile estimator, said near past being recent as compared with said predetermined period past;
providing an aggregate load estimate by said aggregate load profile estimator utilizing said historical load profiles and said near past load profiles; and
trading in said aggregate load estimate.
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Abstract
A business management method for trading in load estimations with interaction between an electrical energy supplier and a plurality of customer energy consumers, comprises the steps of: grouping the plurality of customers into respective customer circles such that each circle comprises a number of customers engaged in similar activities; developing respective load profiles for each of the customer circles for a predetermined period past; inputting the respective load profiles to an aggregate load profile estimator for providing an aggregate load estimate; and trading in the load estimate. The method is likewise applicable to other commodities such as a water supply, fuel gas supply, or the like.
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24 Claims
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11. A business management method for load estimation with interaction between an electrical energy supplier and a plurality of customer energy consumers, said method comprising the steps of:
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grouping said plurality of customers into respective customer circles such that each circle comprises a number of customers engaged in similar activities;
developing respective historical load profiles for each of said customer circles for a predetermined period past;
inputting said respective load historical profiles to an aggregate load profile estimator;
inputting near past load profiles to said aggregate load profile estimator, said near past being recent as compared with said predetermined period past;
providing an aggregate load estimate by said aggregate load profile estimator utilizing said historical load profiles and said near past load profiles; and
trading in said aggregate load estimate. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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13-1. A business management method for load estimation as recited in claim 11, comprising a step of trading in said aggregate load estimate with electrical energy suppliers.
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