ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,826, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ADERIS ENERGY LLC (Cornelius, N.C.).

"Medium voltage inrush current regulation and interconnection control system and method" was invented by Adam Will Foodman (Charlotte, N.C.), Bradley Allan Micallef (Davidson, N.C.) and Olee Joel Olsen Jr. (Cornelius, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium voltage inrush current (MVIC) regulator and interconnection control system for interposing between a distributed power generation facility and a utility grid. The facility has a designated generator step-up (GSU) transformer and is connected to the utility grid at a point of interconnect. The syste...