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Method, apparatus and computer program product for reporting energy consumption

  • US 20060259447A1
  • Filed: 05/26/2005
  • Published: 11/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing power consumption measurement and identity information from power consumption meters to a power supplier in order to permit the power supplier to post power consumption measurements to owner accounts, the method comprising the steps of:

  • determining that a first power consumption meter has a parent relationship to a second power consumption meter, so that the second meter is a submeter to the first meter;

    measuring respective amounts of energy delivered by the first and second meters;

    reporting, by the first and second meters to the power supplier, the respective amounts of energy measured by the meters;

    reporting, by the first and second power consumption meters to the power supplier, respective meter identifiers and owner identifiers, wherein the power supplier has accounts and each owner identifier identifies a holder of one of the accounts; and

    reporting the parent relationship to the power supplier, so that the power supplier is able to post the reported energy consumptions to corresponding owner accounts in response to the information received from the meters, including selectively posting a credit to an account for power delivered by the parent meter to the submeter.

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