[1] Energy companies can offer this type of pricing by hedging the risks of fluctuating demand using weather derivatives.
They have further developed the product and now offer a variety of fixed bill plans to energy companies under license.
It had a description of a method for hedging the weather-related risk that contributes to fluctuating demand in a fixed bill pricing scheme.
[4] It has been viewed as a “pure” Business method patent and was rejected by the USPTO examiner, the USPTO board of appeals, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (case In re Bilski) and the Supreme Court of the United States (case Bilski v. Kappos).
In a Levelized Payment plan, a consumer is billed an equal amount per month for a year based on their prior energy use.