ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,400, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Vistra Zero LLC (Irving, Texas).

"System and method for managing an electrical power network" was invented by Bryan Stewart (Irving, Texas), Jarrod Maddox (Irving, Texas), Gene Luster (Irving, Texas) and Jeff Longshore (Irving, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and method for reducing load from a power grid by offloading residences that have energy storage appliances (e.g., rechargeable vehicle or wall batteries), may be utilized by an electric power provider to help increase available electrical power on a power grid so as to reduce pricing for electrical power. The power provider may...