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| 20090105888 | METHODS, CIRCUITS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GENERATION FOLLOWING LOAD MANAGEMENT - Two water heaters may be installed in series at a customer location, such that an output of a first (or storage) water heater is coupled to the input of a second (or primary) water heater, the output of which provides hot water to the customer location. During normal operation, only the primary water heater may actually heat water for use at the customer location. However, during periods of excess capacity, the electrical service provider may enable the storage water heater to store the excess electrical power that is generated by operating the power plant at higher output (which may be more efficient). Later, during hours of greater demand, the electrical service provider may disable the storage water heater used to store the excess capacity, whereas the primary water heater may operate normally. However, during the time of greater demand, the storage water heaters may provide pre-heated water to the primary water heater, which in-turn, may need to heat the water less or perhaps not at all. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090194601 | WIRELESS INTERFACE CIRCUITS FOR WIRED THERMOSTATS AND ELECTRICAL SERVICE DEMAND MANAGEMENT - A wireless interface circuit can include an electrical relay circuit that is configured for coupling to a separate wired thermostat circuit that is separately housed apart from the wireless interface circuit, where an input to the electrical relay circuit is configured for coupling to an electrical conductor provided between the separate wired thermostat circuit and the electrical relay circuit. A processor circuit is electrically coupled to the electrical relay circuit and is configured to control a state of the electrical relay circuit based on messages received via a wireless interface from a local system located at a location of a customer of an electrical service provider. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090319091 | METHODS, CIRCUITS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DISABLING OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING COLD LOAD PICKUP - Methods of controlling activation of electrical appliances can include reducing overlapping activation time of different electrical appliances located at a single customer location of an electrical service provider during cold load pickup as a default condition upon determination of restoration of the electrical power to the single customer location subsequent to a failure of the electrical power beyond the single customer. Related systems, circuits, and computer program products are disclosed. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100179705 | METHODS, CIRCUITS, WATER HEATERS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF SEPARATE HEATING ELEMENTS IN STORAGE WATER HEATERS - A method of managing excess electrical power generation can be provided by remotely controlling operation of one of at least two heating elements included in a single water heater, where the heating elements are controlled separately from one another, at a customer location in response to availability of generated electricity to the customer location. | 07-15-2010 |
