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App. No. 17/872,559

SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT, FOR USAGE BY CONSUMERS OF ENERGY FROM ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF SAME

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17/872,559
Abstract

The disclosure includes methods, systems and apparatus for predictive management of efficient selecting and receiving of retail electric utility service to a facility for a period, by automated selecting of a retail utility service provider corresponding to a selected least cost path of predicted rate plan choices across the period, wherein costs of all possible, viable time-bounded predicted rate plan choices are determined for predicted consumer usage where a predicted market of retail rate formulas for the period are predicted in relation to at least one variable, such as weather.

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24 . A computer-implemented method for predictive management of retail electric utility service to a facility to select uninterrupted service for a period from a plurality of retail electric utility service providers to the facility, said method comprising:

first determining, by a processor, retail rate formulas for a market comprising a plurality of retail electric utility service providers available to provide service to the facility, by analyzing retail rate information for the plurality of retail electric utility service providers; predicting, by a processor, retail rate formulas including retail rate plan choices for the market of retail electric utility service providers for the period;

predicting, by a processor, consumer usage of retail electric utility service for the period; displaying, by a processor, a graphical representation of a plurality of uninterrupted cost paths from a plurality of predicted retail rate plan choices for the period;

first selecting, by a processor, an uninterrupted least cost path from a plurality of predicted retail rate plan choices for the period; and

performing, by a processor, one of the following:

first receiving, by a processor, input comprising a retail utility service contract selection corresponding to the first selected uninterrupted least cost path; and

second determining, by a processor, a retail utility service contract selection corresponding to the first selected least cost path.

25 . The computer-implemented method of claim 24 , further comprising:

the first selecting performed for each of a time series of decision nodes for the period.

26 . The computer-implemented method of claim 24 , further comprising:

switching, by a processor, to said retail utility service contract selection by automated execution of contract documentation by an agent execution system in communication with a selected retail electric utility service provider, said automated execution authorizing said selected retail electric utility service provider to deliver retail electric utility service to a meter at the facility.

27 . The computer-implemented method of claim 24 , further comprising:

wherein the first selecting further comprises determining possible viable paths by applying heuristics to reduce computation burden by eliminating non-viable paths from consideration.

28 . The computer-implemented method of claim 24 , further comprising:

correlating, by a processor, each one of the plurality of retail rate formulas to weather information;

weather predicting, by a processor, a weather prediction for the facility for the period;

rate predicting, by a processor, retail rate formulas for the market of retail electric utility service providers for the period in relation to the weather prediction;

usage predicting, by a processor, consumer usage of retail electric utility service for the period in relation to the weather prediction.

29 . A system configured to perform the computer-implemented method of claim 24 .

30 . A non-transitory computer readable medium including executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a computer-implemented method according to claim 24 .