Application US20190058355 Energy Financial Settlements

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Budderfly Inc

Application US20190058355

Published 2019-02-21

Third Party Energy Management

A system of modules which control and measure energy usage at a building which are in communication with a software program executing on a remote server controlled by a third party. The third party said usage via the software program which communicates with the modules to modify energy usage and demand for energy and is responsible or liable for energy usage charges the building where the third party does not actually use the energy.

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1. A system which enables a first entity to control energy usage of a second entity comprising: a plurality of modules installed at a second entity location each of the plurality of modules electrically coupled to at least one energy usage device and an electrical power supply from a utility; each one of the plurality of modules configured to monitor and control energy usage of the electrical power supply by the at least one energy usage device to which the one of the plurality of modules is electrically coupled; a network, said plurality of modules connected to a remote server controlled by the first entity via said network, said plurality of modules sending and receiving data via said network; software executing on said remote server which sends and receives the data such that data received includes information indicative of electrical power usage of at least one of the plurality of modules and data sent includes information indicative of a control input for at least one of the plurality of modules to remotely modify electrical energy usage based on the data received such that the first entity controls electrical energy usage of the second entity; wherein said electrical power supply is delivered from the utility and used by said second entity at the second entity location but the first entity is responsible for payment for usage of said electrical power supply by said second entity during a time period and such that the second entity is charged for usage of said electrical power supply during the time period without regard to an amount of usage of said electrical power supply.
6. A method by which a first entity controls energy usage of a second entity comprising: installing at a second entity location a plurality of modules each electrically coupled to at least one energy usage device and an electrical power supply from a utility, each module configured to monitor and control energy usage of the electrical power supply by the corresponding at least one energy usage device; connecting the plurality of modules to a network such that the plurality of modules send and receive data via said network from a remote server controlled by said first entity; executing on said remote server a monitoring and control program which sends and receives the data such that data received includes information indicative of electrical power usage of at least one of the plurality of modules and data sent includes information indicative of a control input for at least one of the plurality of modules to remotely modify an energy usage thereof based on the data received; wherein said electrical power supply is obtained by the first entity from the utility and used by said second entity at the second entity location such that said first entity is either responsible or is liable to said utility for payment a bill from said utility for usage during a time period of said electrical power supply by said second entity, said first entity is liable to said second entity for payment of the bill to said utility during the time period and said second entity is liable to pay an amount to the first entity that is determined irrespective of the usage during the time period.
10. A system which enables a first entity to control energy usage of a second entity comprising: a plurality of modules installed at a second entity location each electrically coupled to at least one energy usage device and an electrical power supply from a utility which is separate and distinct from the first and second entities, each module configured to monitor and control energy usage of the electrical power supply by the corresponding at least one energy usage device; a network, said plurality of modules connected to a remote server controlled by the first entity, said plurality of modules sending and receiving data via said network; software executing on said remote server which sends and receives the data such that data received includes information indicative of electrical power usage of at least one of the plurality of modules and data sent includes information indicative of a control input for at least one of the plurality of modules to remotely modify an energy usage thereof based on the data received; wherein said electrical power supply is obtained from the utility and used by said second entity at the second entity location such that said first entity is liable to said second entity for payment to the utility for a bill from the utility for a time period, the bill based on usage of said electrical power supply by the second entity such that the first entity is responsible for payment for usage of said electrical power supply that the first entity does not use but that the first entity controls at least in part.
15. A method by which a first entity controls energy usage of a second entity comprising: determining an anticipated energy load at a second entity location based on a power rating of a plurality of energy usage devices at said second entity location and historical usage of an energy supply from a utility at said second entity location; installing at the second entity location a plurality of modules each coupled to at least one of the energy usage devices and the energy supply, each module configured to monitor and control energy usage of the electrical power supply by the corresponding at least one energy usage device, said installing performed at the direction of said first entity; connecting the plurality of modules to a network such that the plurality of modules send and receive data via said network from a remote server controlled by said first entity, the installing performed at the direction of said first entity; executing on said remote server a monitoring and control program which sends and receives the data such that data received includes information indicative of electrical power usage of at least one of the plurality of modules and data sent includes information indicative of a control input for at least one of the plurality of modules to remotely modify an energy usage thereof based on the data received; wherein said energy supply is obtained by the first entity from the utility and used by said second entity at the second entity location such that said first entity is either responsible or is liable to said utility for payment a bill from said utility for usage during a time period of said energy supply by said second entity.