Tariff generation, invoicing and contract management for the supply of electricity

摘要

A computer-implemented method of supplying a tariff to a tariff recipient, comprises the steps of: a) receiving one or more cost curves from one or more suppliers, each cost curve is indicative of variations in the cost of a product or service expected by a respective associated supplier over time; b) receiving a load curve, the load curve is indicative of expected variations in consumption of the product or service over time; c) calculating a tariff from the load curve received in step b) and the cost curve received in step a) in accordance with a predetermined algorithm; and d) transmitting the tariff calculated in step c) to the tariff recipient.