ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,723, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Discovery Energy LLC (Kohler, Wis.).

"Power distribution control" was invented by Jorge Elizondo Martinez (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a microgrid using a distributed energy resource (DER) controller determines an output power value of a DER. The method also receives a remote power correction value from a second DER controller. The method further determines a local output power reference value as a function of the output power value and the remote power correction value. The method further determines a frequency set point as a function of the local ou...