Method and apparatus for trading energy commitments
First Claim
1. A method for trading energy commitments to reduce or increase energy consumption, to increase or reduce energy generation, or to deliver energy, comprising:
- receiving, solely for trading, a plurality of multi-year energy commitments;
providing consideration for each of said multi-year energy commitments; and
trading at least one of said plurality of energy commitments upon demand.
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a method, and corresponding system, apparatus and memory for trading energy commitments to reduce or increase energy demand (a demand response commitment), to increase or reduce energy production (a supply response commitment) upon demand or to deliver or to not deliver energy (an energy delivery commitment). Such commitments are made available by energy consumers, energy generators and energy delivery companies, respectively, to an entity that provides consideration for these energy commitments and trades them as fungible commodities to energy market participants. In one embodiment, the present invention comprises a method for trading energy commitments to reduce or increase energy consumption, to increase or reduce energy generation, or to deliver energy, comprising receiving a plurality of multi-year energy commitments; providing consideration for each of the multi-year energy commitments; and trading at least one of the plurality of energy commitments upon demand.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for trading energy commitments to reduce or increase energy consumption, to increase or reduce energy generation, or to deliver energy, comprising:
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receiving, solely for trading, a plurality of multi-year energy commitments;
providing consideration for each of said multi-year energy commitments; and
trading at least one of said plurality of energy commitments upon demand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for trading energy commitments to reduce or increase energy consumption, to increase or reduce energy generation, or to deliver energy, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of multi-year energy commitments to reduce or increase energy consumption, to increase or reduce energy generation, or to delivery energy by a predetermined quantity upon demand;
providing consideration for each of said multi-year energy commitments;
combining at least a portion of at least two of said multi-year energy commitments to form a product;
trading said product upon request.
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22. A method for trading energy commitments to reduce or increase energy consumption or to increase or reduce energy generation, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of unsolicited offers for multi-year energy commitments to reduce or increase energy consumption, to increase or reduce energy generation, or to deliver energy by a predetermined quantity upon demand;
accepting said plurality of unsolicited offers;
providing consideration for each of said multi-year energy commitments;
combining at least a portion of at least two of said multi-year energy commitments to form a product;
trading said product upon request. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A system for trading energy commitments to reduce or increase energy consumption, to increase or reduce energy generation, or to deliver energy comprising:
a bank having;
a processor;
communications circuitry for communicating with one or more energy consumers, energy generators, aggregators, third party appraisers, or energy market participants; and
a memory, comprising;
an operating system;
communication procedures for receiving, solely for trading, a plurality of multi-year energy commitments, and providing consideration for each of said multi-year energy commitments; and
energy commitment trading procedures for trading at least one of said plurality of energy commitments upon demand.
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25. A computer program product for trading energy commitments to reduce or increase energy consumption, to increase or reduce energy generation, or to deliver energy, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage and a computer program stored therein, the computer program comprising:
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instructions for receiving, solely for trading, a plurality of multi-year energy commitments;
instructions for providing consideration for each of said multi-year energy commitments; and
instructions for trading at least one of said plurality of energy commitments upon demand.
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