Patent ID: 7979360
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer readable media having computer-readable and computer-executable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to execute a method for calculating a monetary cost of energy consumption, comprising: performing a first calculation of the cost of energy consumption when a first variable used in said first calculation satisfies a first criteria, a first error being associated with said first calculation, wherein said first calculation comprises a first rate applied to said first variable to calculate the monetary cost of energy consumption in dollars per megawatt hours, and wherein said first error comprises a rounding error; performing a second calculation of the cost of energy consumption when said first variable does not satisfy said first criteria, a second error being associated with said second calculation, wherein said second calculation comprises a second rate applied to said first variable to calculate the monetary cost of energy consumption, and wherein said second error comprises a rounding error; calculating a third error that is a function of: said monetary cost of energy consumption determined by said first calculation, said monetary cost of energy consumption determined by said second calculation, said first error, said second error, and a predetermined probability that said first variable satisfies said first criteria, wherein said third error represents an uncertainty as to whether the first calculation or the second calculation is used to calculate the monetary cost of energy consumption; and performing at least one of the following: