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20120101932 | AUTOMATION OF ENERGY TRADING - A computer program for automating energy trading between regional transmission organizations (RTOs) is disclosed. The computer program includes computer readable program code means for creating a template for an energy trade between two RTOs, wherein the template comprises a plurality of trade components, the plurality of trade components being arranged in sequential order according to an RTO's required order of execution; computer readable program code means for selecting a template for an energy trade between two RTOs; computer readable program code means for displaying a summary of a trade; and computer readable program code means for monitoring and displaying a trade's status. | 04-26-2012 |
20140223528 | CERTIFICATE INSTALLATION AND DELIVERY PROCESS, FOUR FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, AND APPLICATIONS UTILIZING SAME - A process/method is provided, which facilitates the secure, streamlined and authenticated installation of an end user's personally associated electronic identification, such as but not necessarily limited to Public Key Infrastructure digital certificates, a biometric authentication system, a location-based authentication system, a token-based system, and any ancillary software necessary for facilitating electronic security approaches associated with these technologies onto Mobile Devices with minimal Mobile Device end user interaction and without need for sending the personally associated electronic identification across potentially insecure communication protocols. The invention utilizes proprietary communication between Mobile Device software applications, personally associated electronic identification authority servers, and web-based application servers to verify Mobile Device identity and to authenticate end user credential factors and requests for end user credential factors with minimal end user interaction. The disclosed process/method may provide a system for verifying identity by authenticating Mobile Device end users via the submission of multiple credential factors. | 08-07-2014 |
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20140278794 | Systems and Methods for Interfacing an Electrical Energy End User with a Utility - A system and method which allows end users of electrical energy to engage in, comply with, and otherwise make use of a smart grid program. The invention allows end users to engage with an entity running a smart grid program through such actions as sending notifications, agreeing to events, paying bills, reviewing contracts, and updating information. The invention receives data from and sends messages to any smart meters, AMI or HAN, the end user has in their service location necessary to comply with the smart grid program. The invention supports the use of any smart meters the end user employs for home automation network functionality, enabling the end user to activate, deactivate, or otherwise modulate any devices enabled with a smart meter at their service location. The invention receives data from and sends messages to any demand response system the entity running the smart grid program employs to support the smart grid program. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278817 | Systems and Methods for Managing Energy Generation and Procurement - A system and method for optimally assigning energy generation and procurement resources whereby information needed to calculate an optimal-cost generation plan is obtained by a database connected to the calculation module. Data from the database is automatically checked for errors, formulated into an objective function representing hypothetical generation plans, and framed within mathematical constraints by the module. Generation plans are automatically delivered in customizable formats, and functionality allowing for considerations beyond cost can be implemented. Functionality to automate the method based for periodic or event-based operation is also included. Further calculations based on hypothetical values are possible to determine how said hypothetical values would affect generation plans, or whether increasing generation-fleet output could result in added profits. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279703 | Systems and methods for parameter estimation for use in determining value-at-risk - A process is provided, that facilitates the use of value-at-risk analysis in industries with dynamic market data. The method utilizes past market data to estimate future market parameters. The method includes identifying and removing seasonal patterns from said past market data and normalizing deseasonalized market data with a repeated method of replacing large outliers with mean values. Outliers and normalized data are then grouped separately. Forecasts of normalized future market data and forecasts of future outlier patterns are then determined from said separate groups. In this way parameters used for value-at-risk analysis can be accurately estimated, leading to precise value-at-risk-analysis results. | 09-18-2014 |
20140316964 | Systems and Methods for Tracking Greenhouse Gas Emissions - A system and method such that users subject to greenhouse gas programs, such as the California Air and Resource Board Cap-and-Trade program, can identify what allowances and obligations said user has at any point in time. The invention will allow for data to be received from any source of carbon trades, emission forward prices, electronic tags (e-Tags), or other relevant emissions attributes. The invention will have all formulas and data necessary to determine a user's position. The invention will create reports necessary to show compliance with greenhouse gas programs. | 10-23-2014 |
20140324662 | Systems and Methods for Trading Electrical Power - Systems and methods are provided, which facilitate the integration of energy trading, transmission management and scheduling. The systems and methods facilitate the posting of bids and offers to buy and sell energy or capacity, allow users to view the bids and offers of others, negotiate the details of bids and offers, and permit deal formation for the purchase and sale of bids and offers. The disclosure also facilitates issuing proposals and counteroffers to enter into deals for power transmission. The disclosure also enables the scheduling of transmission including facilitating communication with various other systems. The disclosed systems and methods further enable the creation, modification and storing of transmission paths for recall and then evaluation in the scheduling of transmission path. The systems and methods are linked to and receive input from various sources of data and may facilitate two way communication with other systems in order to enable certain functionality. | 10-30-2014 |
20140330602 | Method for Multi Entity Scheduling Object Visibility and Control - A method for enabling a non-authoring entity viewing access to view the data associated with authored, yet un-submitted, scheduling objects comprising of the identification of an entity, or the creation and selection of an entity code; and updating scheduling object. Some embodiments of the invention not only enable the ability of an entity to view the scheduling object, but also enable the selected non-authoring entity to modify the scheduling object. An embodiment of the invention is typically paired with or a part of a larger Transaction Management System (TMS). | 11-06-2014 |