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Facility energy management system

  • US 20070112694A1
  • Filed: 11/14/2005
  • Published: 05/17/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of managing energy supplied to a facility comprising:

  • a. monitoring a marginal cost of electricity from an electricity vendor;

    b. determining a facility current electrical load and a facility current heating load;

    c. when the marginal cost of electricity is greater than a marginal cost of a fuel or the current electrical load is greater than a peak billed demand threshold, obtaining the fuel to supply energy to meet the heating load; and

    d. when the marginal cost of electricity is less than the marginal cost of the fuel and the current electrical load is less than the peak billed demand threshold, obtaining electricity from the electricity vendor up to the peak billed demand threshold to supply energy to the meet at least part of the current heating load, and obtaining the fuel to supply energy to meet any current heating load not met by energy from the electricity.

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