ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,479, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to WSP USA Inc. (Meridian, Idaho).
"System for controlling voltage and reactive power for an electrical grid" was invented by Christopher W. Canine (Great Falls, Mont.) and Aaron M. Cowan (Colfax, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for controlling voltage and/or reactive power for electrical grids includes monitoring the output of the energy generation facilities at the point of interconnection (POI) of each energy generation facility to the power system of the electrical grid. In addition, the voltage at a point of utilization (POU) is monitored to determine when the output ...