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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2003
Kelcy L. Warren, Dallas, TX (US);
Mike Warren, Dallas, TX (US);
Kelcy L. Warren, Dallas, TX (US);
Mike Warren, Dallas, TX (US);
Energy Transfer Group, L.L.C., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an arbitrage control system for two or more available power sources () that enables the automatic or manual control of one or more multi-source systems () to take advantage of price differentials across commodities, locations and/or time. The present invention selects a power source for a device or delivery point () from two or more available power sources () by analyzing market and operational data (). A power source (or) for the device or delivery point () is then selected from the two or more available power sources () based on a set of financial parameters (). If the device or delivery point () is not already connected to the selected power source, one or more signals are sent () to switch the device or delivery point () to the selected power source. The arbitrage controller () includes a user interface (), market interface (), multi-source interface (), database () and processor (). The processor () is communicably coupled to the user interface (), the market interface (), the multi-source interface () and the database ().