Approving Energy Transaction Plans Associated with Electric Vehicles

摘要

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for approving energy transaction plans for managing electric vehicle charging transactions. In one embodiment, an energy transaction plan and an identification of a set of principals associated with the energy transaction plan are received from an energy transaction planner. In response to a determination that the energy transaction plan is pre-approved by the set of principals, an energy transaction plan approval service sends a notification to the energy transaction planner indicating that the energy transaction plan is approved to form an approved energy transaction plan. In response to a determination that the energy transaction plan requires express approval from a subset of principals in the set of principals, the transaction plan approval service sends a request for approval of the energy transaction plan to each principal in the subset of principals. In response to receiving an approval from the each principal in the subset of principals, the transaction plan approval service sends the notification to the energy transaction planner indicating that the energy transaction plan is approved to form the approved energy transaction plan. The approved energy transaction plan is sent to an execution engine for implementation.