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System and method of controlling delivery and/or usage of a commodity

  • US 20040138981A1
  • Filed: 07/28/2003
  • Published: 07/15/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing demand for a commodity provided by a utility, the utility delivering the commodity to at least one customer site, the customer site having a plurality of devices which use the commodity, including the steps of:

  • providing a plurality of nodes, each node being associated with each device;

    defining a program having a subset of the plurality of devices for which usage of the commodity may be managed by activating the program;

    measuring, by the associated nodes, the instantaneous rate at which the commodity is being delivered to the subset of the devices;

    activating the program and responsively managing usage of the commodity to the subset of devices via the nodes in accordance with the program;

    determining an actual consumption of the commodity at the at least one customer site during activation of the program.

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