Patent ID: 9423849
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H02J,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. An electric power management system for managing an electric power system having a plurality of first consumers each having a photovoltaic system, and a plurality of second consumers each having a controllable load, connected thereto, wherein each first consumer includes a consumer energy management system for controlling the amount of electric power generated by the photovoltaic system, and each second consumer includes a consumer energy management system for controlling the controllable load, wherein the electric power management system includes a server apparatus that transmits data to the consumer energy management systems and that receives data from the consumer energy management system via a network, wherein the server apparatus combines two or more consumers from among said plurality of first consumers and the second consumers so that the amount of electric power needed by each combined second consumer will be equal to or greater than the amount of surplus electricity generated at each combined the first consumer in a predetermined time slot on a predetermined date on which surplus electricity of the photovoltaic system is expected to be generated, and makes the controllable load consume the surplus electricity generated at each combined first consumer by controlling the consumer energy management system of each combined second consumer.