Business management system and method for a deregulated electric power market
First Claim
1. A business management method with interaction between an electrical energy supplier and a plurality of customer energy consumers, said method comprising the steps of:
- said consumers providing respective electricity load profiles to said energy supplier;
said energy supplier aggregating said respective projected electricity load profiles; and
said energy supplier making decisions based on said respective projected electricity load profiles on any of;
bidding on additional power, offering excess power on energy exchanges, and offering specials discounts to favored consumers.
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Abstract
A business management method with interaction between an electrical energy supplier and a plurality of customer energy consumers comprises the steps of: the consumers providing respective electricity load profiles to the energy supplier; the energy supplier aggregating the respective projected electricity load profiles; and the energy supplier making decisions based on the respective projected electricity load profiles on any of bidding on additional power, offering excess power on energy exchanges, and offering specials discounts to favored consumers. The method is likewise applicable to other commodities such as a water supply, fuel gas supply, or the like.
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9 Claims
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1. A business management method with interaction between an electrical energy supplier and a plurality of customer energy consumers, said method comprising the steps of:
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said consumers providing respective electricity load profiles to said energy supplier;
said energy supplier aggregating said respective projected electricity load profiles; and
said energy supplier making decisions based on said respective projected electricity load profiles on any of;
bidding on additional power, offering excess power on energy exchanges, and offering specials discounts to favored consumers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A business management system with interaction between an electrical energy supplier and a plurality of customer energy consumers having respective electrical load units which consume electrical power, said system comprising:
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a Web site operated by said electrical energy supplier for providing information to customers about daily courses offered for the morrow through a customer portal site;
Web browser means available to respective ones of said customer energy consumers for accessing said customer portal site;
computer means for generating a set of lowest cost schedules for one or more of said daily courses, taking into consideration historical electricity use data by each of said electrical load units, inventory information, and a list of said customer energy consumers'"'"' pending orders; and
means for comparing said schedules and presenting information thereon on said Web browser to an operator for enabling a judgment based selection of a desirable schedule.
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7. A business management system with interaction between an electrical energy supplier and a plurality of customer energy consumers having respective electrical load units which consume electrical power while in a productive mode of operation and whereof a subset requires maintenance with varying degrees of urgency, said system comprising:
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a Web site operated by said electrical energy supplier for providing information to customers about daily courses offered for the morrow through a customer portal site;
Web browser means available to respective ones of said customer energy consumers for accessing said customer portal site;
computer means for generating a set of lowest cost schedules for one or more of said daily courses, taking into consideration historical electricity use data by each of said electrical load units, inventory information, and a list of said customer energy consumers'"'"' pending orders; and
means for comparing said schedules and presenting information thereon on said Web browser to an operator for enabling a judgment based selection of a desirable schedule and, in the event that a low cost power is available from said electrical energy supplier, selectively postponing maintenance subject to said degree of urgency so as to allow ones of said electrical load units to operate in said productive mode of operation while said low cost power continues to be available.
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8. A business management method with interaction between a utility supplier wherein the utility is one of electric, water, and fuel gas supply, and a plurality of customer utility consumers, said method comprising the steps of:
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said consumers providing respective utility usage load profiles to said utility supplier;
said utility supplier aggregating said respective projected utility usage profiles; and
said utility supplier making decisions based on said respective projected utility usage profiles on any of;
bidding on additional quantities, offering excess quantities on quantity exchanges, and offering specials discounts to favored consumers.
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9. A business management system with interaction between a utility supplier, said utility comprising any of electricity, water supply, and fuel gas, and a plurality of customer utility usage consumers having respective utility usage load units which consume from said utility while in a productive mode of operation and whereof a subset requires maintenance with varying degrees of urgency, said system comprising:
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a Web site operated by said utility supplier for providing information to customers about daily courses offered for the morrow through a customer portal site;
Web browser means available to respective ones of said customer utility consumers for accessing said customer portal site;
computer means for generating a set of lowest cost schedules for one or more of said daily courses, taking into consideration historical utility usage data by each of said utility usage load units, inventory information, and a list of said customer utility usage consumers'"'"' pending orders; and
means for comparing said schedules and presenting information thereon on said Web browser to an operator for enabling a judgment based selection of a desirable schedule and, in the event that a low cost for said utility is available from said utility supplier, selectively postponing maintenance subject to said degree of urgency so as to allow ones of said utility usage load units to operate in said productive mode of operation while said low cost for said utility continues to be available.
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