Power savings financial compensation control method and system
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1. A system for controlling financial compensation based on reduced energy consumption in a power savings mode, the system comprising:
- an alternating current source;
a load; and
a control unit connected with the load, the control unit operative to reduce an amount of power output to the load from the alternating current source and automatically alter the reduction of the amount of power output as a function of a power savings over a time period.
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Abstract
Methods and systems provide power savings control based on financial compensation. The power reduction system is configured to automatically account for a desired or target power savings over a time period. The system compensates for previous or current decreases in power reduction for one or more loads to satisfy an aggregate target power savings by the end of a time period.
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1. A system for controlling financial compensation based on reduced energy consumption in a power savings mode, the system comprising:
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an alternating current source;
a load; and
a control unit connected with the load, the control unit operative to reduce an amount of power output to the load from the alternating current source and automatically alter the reduction of the amount of power output as a function of a power savings over a time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for controlling financial compensation based on reduced energy consumption in a power savings mode, the method comprising:
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(a) reducing an amount of power output to a load from an AC source; and
(b) altering the amount of power output as a function of an aggregate target power savings over a time period. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for controlling financial compensation based on reduced energy consumption in a power savings mode, the method comprising:
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(a) monitoring power reductions for each of a plurality of loads;
(b) calculating a total power reduction from the power reductions; and
(c) automatically altering power reductions for multiple of the plurality of loads in response to a decrease in the power reduction provided to one of the plurality of loads, the altering being as a function of a target power savings and the total power reduction. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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