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Efficient electricity system

  • US 7,801,794 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2001
  • Issued: 09/21/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electricity distribution system, comprising:

  • a number of producers and a number of consumers, each consumer receiving electrical power from a common electrical network connecting the producers with the consumers;

    a first trading system for trading electricity contracts corresponding to electricity to be distributed on said electricity distribution system;

    a price information dissemination unit, connected to said first trading system, for distributing price information corresponding to prices for the electricity contracts traded in the trading system;

    means for connecting each consumer with said price dissemination unit to enable each consumer to receive said price information; and

    means for enabling each consumer to vary the consumer'"'"'s electricity consumption based on the received price information.

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