Patent ID: 7509190

Claim:
A method for administering an intermittent source of electrical power generation including a wind powered electric power generation facility, for inclusion in a regional electric power transmission and distribution grid to provide up-to-date estimates, or schedules, of the electric power to be produced by the facility during a selected future time period by comparison to at least one past time period, the method comprising: a) obtaining past electric power production data for the facility for a past time period and for incremental past time portions of the past time period; b) obtaining an estimate (schedule) of the electric power production for the facility for the selected future time period to provide an electric power production schedule for the facility, c) reporting the electric power production estimate (schedule) for the selected period to a grid controller; d) obtaining current electric power production data for the facility for incremental time portions of the selected time period; e) comparing the current electric power production data from the facility to the past time electric power production data; and f) adjusting the electric power production estimate (schedule) for the facility for a remainder of the selected period and providing an adjusted electric power production schedule to the grid controller.