Business management system and method for a deregulated electric power market using consumer selected special offers

摘要

A business management method with interaction between an electrical energy supplier and a plurality of customer energy consumers, comprises the steps of: the consumers providing respective electricity load profiles to the energy supplier; the energy supplier aggregating the respective projected electricity load profiles; the energy supplier communicating to the consumer a set of daily course specials; the consumer making advantageous selections from the set of daily course specials based on criteria including: a selected special allowing completion of the consumer's respective work schedule in a given time period, providing minimum cost; the consumer informing the energy supplier of selections made; and the energy supplier making decisions based on the selections made and on the respective projected electricity load profiles on any of: bidding on additional power, offering excess power on energy exchanges, and offering specials discounts to favored consumers. The method is likewise applicable to other commodities such as a water supply, fuel gas supply, or the like.