Patent ID: 8346401
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: B60L,G06Q,H02J,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method for managing electric resources via a smart charging benefit analysis, comprising the steps: determining a smart charging benefit, wherein the smart charging benefit is a benefit provided by an energy management system, wherein the energy management system manages a plurality of electric resources, wherein the smart charging benefit is a beneficial impact resulting from the energy management system, wherein the beneficial impact is beneficial to at least one of the plurality of electric resources, wherein the step of determining the smart charging benefit comprises: transmitting a benefit representation from a server to the at least one of the plurality of electric resources, wherein the benefit representation represents the smart charging benefit; and, managing charging behavior of the plurality of electric resources based partially on the smart charging benefit, wherein the step of managing the charging behavior is performed on at least one particular machine, said at least one particular machine comprising at least one physical computing device.