Utilizing a combination of distributed power generation with real-time usage monitoring, AEA© will offer an efficiency of more than 90%. This will reduce our dependency on foreign-produced fossil fuels, reduce wasted energy, and lower the cost of energy to positively impact economic development. This will significantly reduce our carbon footprint while promoting social responsibility.

Traditional power generation in the United States is based on large power generation plants utilizing coal, nuclear, solar, etc. The source feeds a grid where power flows to the premises like water from its source to its destination. However, power is different than water in our pipes. If the power isn't used the instant it is put on the grid, it is wasted. It is like water that flows out of the mouth of a river and into the ocean to be lost from the system forever.

Power companies spend a significant amount of time and effort analyzing power usage in a given area to be sure that they don't waste fuel and money by producing too much power, while at the same time never running so thin as to cause a brownout. The current system, no matter what the source, has built-in waste which negatively impacts our environment.

This phenomenon is compounded by the fact that coal-burning generation plants must be placed far away from the communities they serve. We suffer from NIMBYism (Not In My Back Yard). Nuclear generation plants need to be even farther away from the communities they serve. 75% efficiency due to line loss is considered good in urban areas. In rural America, 50%-65% efficiency is considered good. The result is that economic growth in rural America is stifled due to higher energy rates.

AEA© uses a  combination of distributed power generation with real-time usage monitoring to save a significant amount of power and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. The AEA© utilizes renewable fuels such as biodiesel and methane gas, in generators placed in aesthetically pleasing sound-insulated buildings. Certain biofuels will be grown on the roof of the facility. Other biofuels are made from specifically selected crops that are grown locally. One self-sustaining power generation facility can house multiple 2.5-megawatt generators or be scaled down to as small as a single 400-kilowatt generator.

These facilities will use innovative CBI© for instantaneous feedback on the amount of power being used at a particular time. This feedback will be used to scale power generation to match usage thereby minimizing wasted fuel and power. These facilities will be erected directly within the communities they serve to minimize energy loss due to distance.

We project that the AEA© will generate efficiency of more than 90%. This reduces our dependency on foreign-produced fossil fuel, reduces wasted energy, and lower the cost of energy to positively impact economic development. This will significantly reduce our carbon footprint while promoting social responsibility while increasing the profitability of our electric utilities. A true win-win-win is possible and achievable now and not in the future.

Traditional power generation is the fallback position as an alternative to the AEA©. This alternative has a few inherent deficiencies:

• Remote from the served community causing inefficiency due to loss of lines and increasing the overall cost.

• Potentially promotes additional use of foreign-produced fossil fuels.

• More expensive.

Cogeneration (on-site or combined generation):
• Can feed the grid but can't monitor the usage to avoid the downside of the energy pricing spread with the energy sales price lower than the cost of the energy which results in overgeneration and loss for the co-generation partner.