A system of modules which control and measure energy usage at a building which are in communication with a software program executing on a remote server controlled by a third party. The third party said usage via the software program which communicates with the modules to modify energy usage and demand for energy and is responsible or liable for energy usage charges the building where the third party does not actually use the energy.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission system having a coupling device, a bypass circuit, a memory and a processor. The coupling device can facilitate transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves that propagate along a surface of a transmission medium. The memory can store instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations including restarting a timer to prevent the bypass circuit from disabling the transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves by the coupling device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

The application discloses a method and apparatus for determining an operational status of one or more power grid components (35) of a power grid (30). The grid components (35) have component signatures representative of the operational status of the power grid component (35). The method comprises obtaining using a monitor (20) at least one of a current waveform or a voltage waveform at a location, analyzing the obtained one of the current waveform or the voltage waveform, establishing one or more waveform data values of the waveform, accessing a database having a plurality of component signatures, and by comparison of the waveform data values with the component signatures producing one or more results representative of the operational status.

Monitoring may be provided. First, data may be received comprising a current location of a point on a span of conductor or a current angle of a section of the span of conductor. Next, a sag may be calculated of the span of conductor based upon the current location of the point on the span of conductor and the current angle of the section of the span of conductor. An alert may then be provided when the calculated sag is outside of a predetermined range for the span.

A system of monitoring and/or maintaining remotely located autonomously powered lights, security systems, parking meters, and the like is operable to receive data signals from a number of the devices, and provide a comparison with other similar devices in the same geographic region to detect a default condition of a particular device, and/or assess whether the defect is environmental or particular to the specific device itself. The system includes memory for storing operating parameters and data, and outputs modified control commands to the devices in response to sensed performance, past performance and/or self-learning algorithms. The system operates to provide for the monitoring and/or control of individual device operating parameters on an individual or regional basis, over preset periods.

A standby power controller including an electrical outlet which supplies electrical power to a television which display a video signal provided by a set top box. There is a sensor which senses use of a remote control device which is used to perform user-initiated control of the set top box. The sensor is adapted to distinguish signals travelling between the remote control device and the set top box which are associated with user-initiated control of the set top box from signals travelling between the remote control device and the set top box which are not associated with user-initiated control of the set top box, and the standby power controller removes power from the television in the event that the sensor does not detect user-initiated control of the set top box for a selected time period.

In a particular illustrative embodiment of the present invention, an inter-island power transmission system is disclosed. An electronic box is placed on each end of a medium voltage three phase power cable running between two islands. The electronic box senses an open cable on the three phase cable and switches to direct current power transmission on the remaining two good cables. The direct current power is converted back to three phase power transmission on the receiving end of the direct current power.

The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for prioritizing one or more instructional control strategies to reduce time-variant energy demand of a built environment associated with renewable energy sources. The computer-implemented method includes collection of a first set of statistical data, fetching of a second set of statistical data, accumulation of a third set of statistical data, reception of a fourth set of statistical data and gathering of fifth set of statistical data. Further, the computer-implemented method includes parsing and comparison of the first set of statistical data, the second set of statistical data, the third set of statistical data, the fourth set of statistical data and the fifth set of statistical data. In addition, the computer-implemented method includes identification and prioritization of one or more instructional control strategies to reduce the time-variant energy demand associated with the built environment.

Described herein are a system and methods for evaluating operation of a battery utilizing battery operating data and exogenous data. The method may comprise: sensing, for each battery in a plurality of batteries, a temperature of the battery and a voltage of the battery (collectively, for each battery, the battery operating data), wherein each battery has a respective battery monitor circuit coupled thereto or disposed therein, and wherein the sensing of the battery operating data for each battery is performed by the respective battery monitor circuit; wirelessly transmitting, from each battery monitor circuit, the battery operating data for the respective battery to a remote device; receiving, at the remote device, exogenous data associated with at least one battery in the plurality of batteries; and utilizing the exogenous data associated with the battery, together with the battery operating data for that battery, to evaluate performance of that battery.

Described herein are system and methods for evaluating operation of a battery by utilizing battery operating data for the battery and utilizing battery operating data for a plurality of other batteries. The method may comprise: sensing a temperature of the battery and a voltage of the battery as battery operating data; wirelessly transmitting the battery operating data for the respective battery to a remote device; receiving at the remote device design characteristics or operating characteristics for each battery; logging by the remote device the battery operating data received from each battery monitor circuit; and evaluating, by the remote device, a condition of a first battery in the plurality of batteries as a function of the battery operating data of the first battery by comparing the battery operating data of the first battery with the battery operating data of the other batteries in the plurality of batteries.