CPC H02J 3/144 (2020.01) [G06Q 30/0208 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 3/008 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
1. A supply-and-demand management system comprising:
at least one processor;
power generation equipment provided to each of a plurality of customers within a community;
a shared battery shared among the customers within the community;
a plurality of smart meters, each smart meter associated with a respective one of the power generation equipment of a customer;
a result management unit, implemented on the at least one processor, that manages a power supply result obtained from the smart meters indicating a result of power supplied by the power generation equipment among the plurality of customers of the community; and
a deriving unit, implemented on the at least one processor, that derives, based on power supply results from the power generation equipment of a first customer to other customers from among the plurality of customers, an incentive to supply power from the first customer to a second customer from among the other customers;
wherein
the deriving unit derives a lower incentive as a power supply level from the first customer to the second customer is higher than a power supply level to a customer other than the second customer, from among the other customers.
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