Patent ID: 8401711

Claim:
A system for managing distributed renewable energy systems comprising: a plurality of distributed solar photovoltaic electricity generation systems coupled to an electric power grid, each solar photovoltaic electricity generation system for generating service data and first meter data defining an amount of energy generated by the solar photovoltaic electricity generation system over a period of time; a plurality of first institutions directly coupled to one or more of the solar photovoltaic electricity generation systems for receiving electric power from the solar photovoltaic electricity generation systems and for generating second meter data defining an amount of electric power received from the solar photovoltaic electricity generation systems; a plurality of second institutions coupled to one or more of the solar photovoltaic electricity generation systems through the electric power grid, the second institutions for receiving electric power from the solar photovoltaic electricity generation systems and generating third meter data defining an amount of electric power received from the electric power grid; a photovoltaic electricity generation system service provider system for receiving service requests and providing maintenance and repair services to the solar photovoltaic electricity generation systems; and a renewable energy services provider system coupled to the plurality of distributed solar photovoltaic electricity generation systems, the plurality of first institutions, the plurality of second institutions and the photovoltaic electricity generation system service provider system, the renewable energy services provider system for electronically receiving the first meter data, the second meter data, the third meter data and the service data, for allocating an amount of energy corresponding to an amount by which the first meter data exceeds the second meter data towards the third meter data, and for generating the service requests based on the service data and periodic maintenance data.