US Patent Issued to CLEAN POWER RESEARCH on Feb. 17 for "System and method for building water-heating-based gross energy load modification modeling with the aid of a digital computer" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,907, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CLEAN POWER RESEARCH LLC (Napa, Calif.).

"System and method for building water-heating-based gross energy load modification modeling with the aid of a digital computer" was invented by Thomas E. Hoff (Napa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gross energy load can be determined by combining periodic net load statistics, such as provided by a power utility or energy agency, with on-site power generation, such as photovoltaic power generation, as produced over the same time period. The gross energy load provides an indication upon which other types of energy investment choices can be evaluated....