Patent ID: 7561681

Claim:
An interactive system for managing customer utility loads, comprising: a plurality of utility meters for monitoring the distribution of a product at respective said customer utility loads; a web-based application that offers a plurality of services to a user, wherein selected of said services provide data corresponding to product distribution at selected of said customer utility loads, wherein said plurality of services comprises: a read service to remotely read metered data corresponding to selected of said customer utility loads and subsequently display data reports corresponding to said metered data; and a usage notification service wherein a user inputs threshold amounts of utility consumption, utility demand, or combinations thereof, and receives a notification when selected of said customer utility loads exceeds said threshold amounts; a control network linked to said web-based application for managing the interaction of selected elements of said system and for storing various system-related data; and a communications network linking said control network to said utility meters and for relaying communications signals.