US Patent Issued to Commonwealth Edison, University of Denver on Dec. 9 for "Methods and systems for determining distribution grid hosting capacity" (Colorado, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,641, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Commonwealth Edison Co. (Chicago) and University of Denver (Denver).

"Methods and systems for determining distribution grid hosting capacity" was invented by Amin Khodaei (Denver), Shay Bahramirad (Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.) and Aleksi Paaso (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for determining a hosting capacity in a distribution grid are disclosed herein. The methods and systems may use optimization models that consider operating conditions of a distribution grid having a distinct topology, characteristics, and predetermined performance parameters. The determination of a host...