System for a single point plug-in, connection of any combination of electric energy supply sources combined with smart load management and control of both supply and consumption of electric energy by a home or small business

• US 8,700,224 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2009
• Issued: 04/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Natus Energy Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Renewable Energy Technology Group Ltd.
• Inventors: Mathiowetz, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): KASENGE, CHARLES R
• Application Number:
  US12/491,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20110004357A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,755 Days
• Field of Search: 700/22, 700/275, 700/286, 700/292, 700/295, 361/704, 361/724, 307/85
• US Class Current: 700/295
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/26 involving maximum power point tracking control for photovoltaic sources
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/28 The renewable source being wind energy
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/30 The power source being a fuel cell
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/40 wherein a plurality of decentralised, dispersed or local energy generation technologies are operated simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/60 Limiting power consumption in the network or in one section of the network, e.g. load shedding or peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/14 by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/388 Islanding, i.e. disconnection of local power supply from the network
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 30/60 Planning or developing urban green infrastructure
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/10 Photovoltaic [PV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/30 Wind power
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/56 Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/76 Power conversion electric or electronic aspects
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/126 the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G]

Abstract

A standardized system, method and apparatus for connection of any combination of electric energy supply source including the Utility Power Grid, Auxiliary Generator, Wind Turbine, Fuel Cell, Storage Battery, Solar Panel Array, and an Electric Car which are collectively aggregated to feed into the main Service Panel of the Home or Small Business through a single plug-in connection to the Home or Small Business'"'"'s electrical service entrance and provide for collective operational monitoring and management through an IP Networked Communication Link, commonly referred to as IP Networked Communication across the Internet, thereby providing bidirectional communication and control between the GTC and the Smart Load Management functionality resident on the Internet Cloud.

Claims

1. A standardized system for connection of any combination of electric energy supply source including a Utility Power Grid, Auxiliary Generator, Wind Turbines, Fuel Cell, Storage Battery, Solar Panel Arrays, and an Electric Car which are collectively aggregated to feed into a Main Service Panel of a Home or Small Business through a single plug-in connection to a Home or Small Business'"'"'s electrical service entrance and provide for collective operational monitoring and management through an IP Networked Communication Link, commonly referred to as IP Networked Communication across the Internet, thereby providing bidirectional communication and control between a Grid-Tied Controller (GTC) and a Smart Load Management functionality resident on the Internet, the system comprising:

Means for providing a scalable, single point, plug-in electrical connection that inserts into a Meter Receiver Box to feed electricity to a Main Service panel of the Home or Small Business, of which the insertion is accomplished completely outside the Home or Small Business, requiring no electrical rewiring inside the Home or Small Business to complete the connection which once completed, provides for the supplying of electric energy into the Home or Small Business or back out to the Utility Power Grid from any of the connected sources of electrical energy supply;

Means to provide for measuring and recording, in near real time, the amount of electric energy being produced by each, electric energy supply source feeding electric energy into the GTC;

Means to provide for the measuring and recording, in near real time, the amount of electric energy being using by the Home or Small Business;

Means to provide for the measuring and recording, in near real time, the amount of electric energy being used and operational status of one or more Electric Appliances being powered from the Main Service Panel of the Home or Small Business;

Means to provide for the measuring and recording, in near real time, environmental site parameters located at the Home or Small Business;

Means to provide for the measuring and recording, in near real time, operational parameters for each source of electric energy supply connected and feeding into the GTC;

Means to provide for, in near real time, bi-directional communication across the Internet of energy supply data, energy use data, operational and environmental parameter data to and from the Smart Load Management functionality which is accessible through the Internet and residing on the Internet Cloud;

Means to provide for programmatic control, in near real time through the Internet, programming control of a Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board and a Programmable Digital Signal Processor associated with the GTC;

Means to provide for programmatic control, in near real time through the Internet, programming control of Remote Load Management Modules connected to participating Electric Appliances powered from the Main Service Panel of the Home or Small Business;

Means to provide for extending the electric service entrance coming from the Utility Power Grid and connecting to the Meter Receiver Box located on the Home or Small Business, providing for electric energy to pass through to a New Meter Socket and return from the New Meter Socket located in a Weather Tight Custom Cabinet which is provided for by electric energy passing from the Meter Receiver Box into a Meter Jumper Plug and through a Supply Power Wire No.1 and a Supply Power Wire No.2 contained in a Custom Wire Harness which extends over into the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet where the terminating ends of the Supply Power Wire No.1 and the Supply Power Wire No.2 connect to the supply side of the New System Meter Socket contained in the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet;

Means to provide for the return of electric energy from the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet to the Meter Receiver box after it has passed through the New Meter Socket and an Electric Meter inserted in the New system Meter Socket providing for feed in electric energy to travel back through the Feed In Power Wire No.3 and the Feed In Power Wire No.4 contained inside the Custom Wire Harness returning from the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet to the Meter Jumper Plug installed on the Meter Receiving Box which is connected to and provides for the feed in of electric energy into the Main Service Panel of the Home or Small Business;

Means to provide for the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet to act as the Electrical Meter Receiver Box for newly constructed Home and Small Businesses providing for a weather tight connection point that a Power Mast connects to the Weather Tight Connection Cabinet and through which the Feed In Utility Power Lines enter into the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet, which is provided for by removing a Water Proof Cap from the top or bottom of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet depending on whether the Feed In Utility Power Lines are approaching from underground or overhead of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet and once inside the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet the Utility Power Lines are connected to the New System Meter Socket supply side connection terminals;

Means to provide for connecting any type or combination of electric energy supply source to all circuits of the electrical system of the Home or Small Business accomplished entirely outside the Home or Small Business;

Means to provide for scaling the electrical capacity of the GTC to match the Home or Small Business'"'"'s electric capacity up to a maximum of 200 amps, 240 volts AC;

Means to provide for manual and simultaneous isolation and disconnection of all electric energy supply sources from the Utility Power Grid;

Means to provide for detecting the loss of the Utility Power Grid power during a Utility Power Grid power outage;

Means to provide for an automated simultaneous disconnection and isolation of all electric energy supply sources from the Utility Power Grid in the event of a power outage of the Utility Power Grid power;

Means to provide for manual, onsite disconnection of any selected electric energy supply source feeding through each of the Feed In Breakers located in the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet and then on into the Main Service Panel of the Home or Small Business;

Means to provide for remotely disconnecting, in near real time, any of the electric energy supply sources delivering electric energy to the Feed In Breakers, located in the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet, then passing on into the Main Service Panel of the Home or Small Business, where disconnection is accomplished using an Electrical Contactor that acts as an electrically activated switch invoked by signals from the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board which applies preprogrammed algorithms and rules based triggers, which are communicated through the Internet from the Smart Load Management functionality residing on the Internet, to the operational data stored on the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board for each electric energy supply source;

Means to provide for converting multiple sources of input AC or DC electrical energy into electrical energy that is compatible with the Utility Power Grid power both in voltage and frequency;

Means to provide for onsite visual control and monitoring of a Multi-Mode Inverter/Converter from a liquid emitting diode (LED) display to check the GTC operational status, program features and initiate maintenance procedures;

Means to provide for bidirectional IP Networked Communication through the Home or Small Business'"'"'s electrical Power Wires for communication with the Remote Load Management Modules connected to electrical appliances powered from the Main Service Panel of the Home or Small Business;

Means to provide for bidirectional communication using wireless ZipBee communication protocol for communication with the Remote Load Management Modules connected to electrical appliances powered from the Main Service Panel of the Home or Small business and an Electric Meter provided by the Electric Power Utility Company for use at the Home or Small Business;

Means to provide for the mounting of the GTC on the exterior wall of the Home or Small Business using a Custom Mounting Bracket that provides sufficient stand off from the wall to radiate any accumulated heat being released by the GTC and will give easy access for the connection of electric energy supply sources into an Energy Input Wiring Bus on the bottom of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet;

Means to provide for heat dissipation by a Heat Sink mounted to the back of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet;

Means to provide for feeding electric energy generated by the Solar Panel Arrays and the Wind Turbines mounted on top of the Home or Small Business'"'"'s roof or on a free standing pole down through a Main Energy Source Cable into the Energy Input Wiring Bus on the bottom of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet;

Means to provide for a System Programming Port to program the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board while onsite;

Means to provide for remote programming the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board through the Internet from the Smart Load Management functionality residing on the Internet Cloud or directly by remote connection through the Internet using the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board;

Means to provide for communication and control of energy supply sources connected to the Energy Input Wiring Bus using the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board;

Means to provide for the local serving Electric Power Utility Company to communicate and control large numbers of GTC units and each of their respective energy supply sources connected to a GTC and feeding electricity out to the Utility Power Grid or into the Home or Small Business using the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board connected to the Internet;

Means to provide for the local serving Electric Power Utility Company to communicate using the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board contained in each GTC to control a number of the Remote Load Management Modules connected to each Electrical Appliance participating in the local serving Electric Power Utility Company'"'"'s initiatives for an Intelligent Micro Distributed Load Management (IMDLM) effort to shave electric load and deal with demand response management;

Means to provide for the Water Proof Cap to cover a hole in the top and bottom of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet when the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet is being used in conjunction with the Meter Jumper Plug and the Custom Wire Harness and not acting as the Meter Receiver Box where the Power Mast would normally connect if the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet were acting as the Meter Receiver Box on the Home or Small Business;

Means to provide for mounting individual components that comprise the Meter Jumper Plug to a Plug Base;

Means to provide for guiding the alignment of the Meter Jumper Plug during installation is accomplished by the Guide Blocks;

Means to provide for securing a Neutral and Ground Block in a Ground Seat located on the Plug Base for proper alignment and attachment of a Neutral Wire and a Grounding Wire using a Neutral Block Screw;

Means to provide for transitioning the Grounding Wire from the Meter Receiver Box to a Meter Base Socket located within the Meter Receiver Box by using a Neutral Clamp and a Clamp Screw to secure the Neutral Wire and the Grounding Wire to a Neutral and Ground Transfer Strap which is secured to the Plug Base by a Transfer Strap Screw;

Means to provide for securing the Supply Power Wire No.1, the Supply Power Wire No.2, the Feed In Power Wire No.3 and the Feed In Power Wire No.4 to a Power Blade Blocks using a Block Screw and then inserted in Blade Seats located on the Plug Base within the Meter Jumper Plug;

Means to provide for creating a weather tight seal for component elements contained inside the Meter Jumper Plug using a Double Seal on the Plug Base that interlocks with a Meter Plug Cover;

Means to provide for attaching the Custom Wire Harness to the Meter Jumper Plug using a Wire Locking Ring which provides for a weather tight attachment and then inserts into a Main Wire Port of the Meter Plug Cover;

Means to provide for securing the Meter Plug Cover to the Plug Base using a Cover Screw;

Means to provide for illuminated visual demonstration, from the exterior of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet, the presence of electric energy from the Utility Power Grid to a Main Breaker contained inside the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet and from the Main Breaker back to the Utility Power Grid;

Means to provide for visually demonstrating from the exterior of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet the flow of electricity from the Energy Input Wiring Bus to the Main Service Panel of the Home or Small Business and back to the Utility Power Grid;

Means to provide for illuminated visual demonstration, from exterior of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet, the presence of electric energy to and from a Charge/Discharge Controller for an Electric Car which is either plugged into an electric receptacle or permanently hardwired to an electric circuit powered from the Main Service Panel of the Home or Small Business;

Means to provide for illuminated visual demonstration, from the exterior of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet, the presence of electric energy to and from the Charge/Discharge Controller for the Storage Battery connected to the Energy Input Wiring Bus of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet;

Means to provide for illuminated visual demonstration, from the exterior of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet, the presence of electric energy at each of the Feed in Breakers located in the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet;

Means to provide for heating and venting moisture out of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet;

Means to provide for isolating high voltage AC wiring from lower voltage or DC power wiring from the electric energy from the Electric Power Utility Company or other connected electric energy supply sources wired inside the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet;

Means to provide for suppressing surge currents and spike voltages to protect each of the electric components of the GTC;

Means to provide for grounding isolation of lighting strikes to protect each of the electric components of the GTC;

Means to provide for a time delay in reconnecting the GTC to the Utility Power Grid after there has been a power outage of the Utility Power Grid power;

Means to provide an electric power receptacle, with appropriate voltage and frequency for the geographic region in which the GTC is located, inside the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet for use by GTC service personnel when providing service that requires powering any electric tool that maybe required;

Means to provide for electric power to the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board located inside the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet;

Means to provide for a terminal connection block to connect electrical wires to the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board;

Means to provide for an Electrical Power Supply that provides baseline voltage during a power outage of the Utility Power Grid permitting the Multi-Mode Inverter/Converter to synchronize voltage and frequency for continued operation during the Utility Power Grid power outage thereby providing continued electric power to the Main Service Panel of the Home or Small Business;

Means to provide for charging batteries contained in the Electrical Power Supply using the Utility Power Grid power when available and power from the Multi-Mode Inverter/Converter during a power outage of the Utility Power Grid;

Means to provide for illuminated, real time detection, from outside the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet, the presence of electric energy that is flowing to or from the Main Breaker and to or from the New System Meter Socket located inside the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet;

Means to provide for illuminated, real time detection, from outside the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet, the presence of electric energy that is flowing to the Main Service Panel through the Feed In Power Wire No.3 and the Feed In Power Wire No.4 contained in the Custom Wiring Harness coming from the Energy Input Wiring Bus located in the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet;

Means to provide for illuminated, real time detection, from outside the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet the Energy Input Wiring Bus contained in the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet back to the Meter Receiver Box;

Means to provide for unattended, automated electric load reduction in the Home or Small Business down to match the amount of electric energy available from connected electric energy supply sources when a loss of the Utility Power Grid power occurs;

Means to provide for unattended, automated detection of a loss of the Utility Power Grid power, and automatically start the Auxiliary Generator if connected to the GTC;

Means to provide for the unattended, automated detection of the return of the Utility Power Grid power and automatically disengage the Auxiliary Generator and provide for a cool down period then turn off the Auxiliary Generator.

2. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for a plug-in connection to feed electricity to the Main Service Panel powering all electric circuits of the Home or Small Business and accomplished completely outside of the Home or Small Business;

Means to provide for inserting the Meter Jumper Plug into the Meter Receiver Box as a system for connecting the Utility Power Lines to the Supply Power Wire No.1 and the Supply Power Wire No.2 contained inside the Custom Wire Harness which exits the Meter Jumper Plug and extends over and connects with the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet where the Supply Power Wire No.1 and the Supply Power Wire No.2 attach to the New System Meter Socket supply side terminals.

3. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for the Feed In Power Wire No.3 and the Feed In Power Wire No.4, connected to the Energy Input Wiring Bus located inside the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet and returning to the Meter Jumper Plug through the Custom Wire Harness where they connect into the Power Blade Blocks feed in terminal secured to the Plug Base which inserts into the Meter Receiver Boz aligning the Power Blade Blocks and blades for contact with the wires feeding into the Main Service Panel of the Home or Small Business.

4. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for measuring and recording the total amount of electric energy being used in the Home or Small Business and communicated to the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board that has programmatic algorithms to interpret voltage signals into measured power that is feeding into the Home or Small Business;

Means to provide for wireless communication with the Electric Meter when the Electric Meter is enabled with wireless ZigBee communications capability, offereing direct reporting to the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board of the amount of electric power passing through the Electric Meter inserted in the New System Meter Socket located in the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet.

5. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for providing measured and recorded total electric energy supplied from the Utility Power Grid to the Home or Small Business and the same for excess electric energy delivered back to the Utility Power Grid from the Home or Small Business'"'"'s GTC and communicating the flow of energy to the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board where programmatic algorithms interpret a voltage signal into an amount of electric energy wherein that amount can be reported through the Internet to the Smart Load Management functionality residing on the Internet;

Means to provide for buffering and storing measured electric power amounts in memory located within the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board where programmatic algorithms average stored amounts over a predetermined time period before reporting the averaged amount through the Internet to the Smart Load Management functionality residing on the Internet.

6. The System of claim 2, wherein there is a means to provide for a weather tight seal between the Meter Jumper Plug and the Meter Receiver Box and the Meter Plug Cover and the Plug Base and the Custom Wire Harness, Wire Locking Ring and the Main Wire Port.

7. The System of claim 2, wherein there is only a need for the Meter Jumper Plug and the Custom Wire Harness when connecting to the Meter Receiver Box on an existing Home or Small Business, if there is not an interest to remove the existing Meter Receiver Boz and utilize the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet in its place as would be the case with newly constructed Homes or Small Businesses.

8. The System of claim 2, wherein exposed components of the Meter Jumper Plug are constructed of non conductive, non Corrosive plastic composite material that is UV resistant.

9. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for continued operation of the GTC during a power outage of the Utility Power Grid is permitted in part by the Electronic Transfer Isolation Switch of either a 100 amp or 200 amp sized capacity of electric service provided by the Electric Power Utility Company, which the Electronic Transfer Isolation Switch automatically senses the loss of power from the Utility Power Grid and serves to disconnect the Utility Power Grid from the GTC thus precluding the backwards flow of electricity from the GTC out to the Utility Power Grid during a Utility Power Grid power outage;

Means to provide for automatically reducing demand for electricity within the Home or Small Business during a power outage of the Utility Power Grid such that the demand will be less than or equal to electric energy generation sources connected to the GTC, otherwise providing for the disconnection of the GTC if the demand exceeds the power generated by the electric energy generation sources;

Means to provide for the automatic reconnection and synchronization of both Voltage and frequency of the GTC to the Utility Power Grid upon the restoring of power available from the Utility Power Grid;

Means to provide for a pre-programmed time delay to occur before reconnection of the GTC to the Utility Power Grid once power available from the Utility Power Grid is restored after a power outage of the Utility Power Grid.

10. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for the Multi-Mode Inverter/Converter to utilize its topology to accept input of both AC and DC electric energy sources and invert and/or convert the input electric energy to AC output that is compatible with the Utility Power Grid voltage and frequency.

11. The System of claim 10, wherein there is provided a DC to DC Multi Tap Converter with Independent Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithms applied to each channel of DC electric energy input that flows to a High Voltage DC Bus following an Inverter Flow into the Multi-Mode Inverter/Converter.

12. The System of claim 10, wherein there is provided an AC to DC Rectifier converting the Auxiliary Generator AC output to DC which is then fed into the Multi-Mode Inverter/Converter.

13. The System of claim 1, wherein is provided weather tight seals or construction so that the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet, the Meter Jumper Plug and all that comprises the GTC can be installed outside the Home or Small Business and exposed to the weather meeting all electric code requirements.

14. The System of claim 10, wherein is provided the Heat Sink which is integrally attached to the back of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet containing the Multi-Mode Inverter/Converter to dispel heat generated during the operation of the Multi-Mode Inverter/Converter.

15. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for rapid mounting of the GTC on the exterior wall of the Home or Small Business using the Custom Mounting Bracket which provides for a lift and hook approach to attaching and locking the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet in place on the Custom Mounting Bracket attached to the outside wall of the Home or Small Business and being accomplished by a single person without the need for any specialized lifting equipment to assist with the mounting and installation of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet;

Means to provide for the Custom Mounting Bracket to have sufficient space between the outside wall of the Home or Small Business and the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet, permitting sufficient conductive air flow to dissipate the heat generated from the Multi-Mode Inverter/Converter during operation.

16. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for connecting Wind Turbines or Solar Panel Arrays on the roof top of the Home or Small Business using a Main Energy Source Cable which provides for integrated multi conductor wires for both AC and DC power, serving to connect to both the Energy Input Wiring Bus and the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board respectively both of which are located in the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet.

17. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for remotely, through the Internet, electronically turn on and off individual electrical supply sources connected to the Energy Input Wiring Bus through the use of an Electrical Contactor which acts as an electric switch electrically powered by the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board;

Means to, while on site, manually turn on and off individual electrical supply sources connected to the Energy Input Wiring Bus using the Feed In Breakers.

18. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for an onsite computer connection to the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board using an Ethernet or a USB connection through the System Programming Port that provides for installers and service personnel of the GTC to activate the Remote Load Management Modules, test the operation of the GTC, configure and perform programming updates to the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board.

19. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for secure the Meter Jumper Plug and the Custom Wire Harness to the Meter Receiver Box and the Custom Wire Harness to the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet on the outside wall of the Home or Small Business so that the Meter Jumper Plug will remain tightly connected to the Meter Receiver Box.

20. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide that the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet can be used in place of the Meter Receiver Boz normally used when constructing new Homes or Small Businesses;

Means to provide that when the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet is used in newly constructed Homes or Small Businesses the Water Proof Cap is removed to provide for the attachment of the Power Mast to the top or bottom of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet depending on whether the Utility Power Wires are coming from the Utility Power Grid underground and feeding up into the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet or being strung above ground and dropped down into the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet.

21. The System of claim 2, wherein is provided the Plug Base to which the Meter Plug Cover attached forming a weather tight seal that protects the internal components of the Meter Jumper Plug from developing corrosion causing high resistance connections that result in excessive heat generation thereby accelerating the breakdown of insulation on the Supply Power Wire No.1 and Supply Power Wire No.2 and Feed In Power Wire No.3 and Feed In Power Wire No.4 which can lead to wire failure.

22. The System of claim 2, wherein is provided the Guide Blocks as an integral part of the Plug Base that assist with the alignment for the insertion of the Meter Jumper Plug into the Meter Receiver Box.

23. The System of claim 2, wherein there is a means for aligning and securing the Power Blade Blocks in the Blade Seats which is an integral part of the Plug Base thereby provides proper alignment of the Power Blade Block for its insertion into receiving receptacles contained inside of the Meter Receiver Box that insures positive contact for electrical continuity between the Power Blade Block and the receiving receptacles.

24. The System of claim 2, wherein there is a means provided for securing the Ground Seat, which is an integral part of the Plug Base, permitting secure mounting of the Neutral and Ground Block to the Plug Base to which the Neutral Wire and the Ground Wire contained in the Custom Wire Harness are secure to the Neutral and Ground Block with the Neutral Block Screw.

25. The system of claim 2, wherein there is a means to provide for the Neutral and Ground Transfer Strap, made of zinc plated copper, to be secured to the Plug Base and connected to the Neutral and Ground Block using the Transfer Strap Screw, the assembly of which, provides for connection of the Neutral Wire and the Ground Wire, coming from the Meter Receiver Box, by using the Neutral Clamp and the Clamp Screw to secure the wires firmly and in full contact against the Neutral and Ground Transfer Strap providing secure electrical continuity with the Neutral Wire and the Ground Wire coming from the Meter Receiver Boz.

26. The system of claim 2, wherein is provided with Main Wire Port as an integral part of the Meter Plug Cover which supports a weather tight connection of the Custom Wire Harness, containing the Supply Power Wire No.1, the Supply Power Wire No.2, the Feed In Power Wire No.3, the Feed In Power Wire No.4 and the Neutral Wire, using the Wire Locking Plug.

27. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for illuminated, real time, visual indication, from the outside of the Weather tight Custom Cabinet, that the Utility Power Grid power is present or not to the GTC, comprising a Meter Flow Path.

28. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for illuminated, real time, visual indication, from the outside of the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet, that electric power is present on the output side of an Electronic Transfer Isolation Switch.

29. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for illuminated, real time, visual indication, that electric power is present on the Feed In Power Wire No.3 and the Feed In Power Wire No.4 returning from the Weather Tight Custom Cabinet through the Custom Wire Harness into the Meter Jumper Plug and connecting to the Power Blade Blocks inside the Meter Jumper Plug that in turn feed electric power into the Meter Receiver Box and on into the Main Service Panel of the Home or Small Business.

30. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for illuminated, real time, visual indication, that electric power is present on the feedin side of the Multi-Mode Inverter/Converter for each source of electric supply feeding into the Multi-Mode Inverter/Converter.

31. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for illuminated, real time, visual indication, whether the Charge/Discharge Controller is charging or discharging the Storage Battery to feed into the Multi-Mode Inverter/Converter for supplying electricity to the Home or Small Business'"'"'s Main Service Panel;

Means to provide for illuminated, real time, visual indication, whether the Charge/Discharge Controller is in a state of charging or discharging the Electric Car to feed into the Multi-Mode Inverter/Converter for supplying electricity to the Home or Small Business'"'"'s Main Service Panel.

32. The System of claim 1 further comprising:

Means to provide for illuminated, real time, visual indication, whether Internet connectivity is present or not to the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board;

Means to provide for illuminated, real time, visual indication, whether all of the Remote Load Management Modules connected to Electric Appliances in the Home or Small Business are active and available for communicating to and from the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board.

33. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

Means for the Micro Processor Programmable Controller Board to gain access and communicate bidirectionally to the Internet.