Patent ID: 8307225
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G01D,G06Q,H02J,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A system controller for use in a system that manages consumption of power supplied by at least one electric utility to a plurality of power consuming devices, wherein power flow to the plurality of power consuming devices is enabled and disabled by a plurality of controllable devices and wherein the plurality of controllable devices operate under the control of one or more client devices, the system controller comprising: an event manager operable to generate power control event instructions, at least one of the power control event instructions requiring a reduction of electric power consumed by the plurality of power consuming devices; a database operable to store, on at least one of a per client device basis and a per electric utility basis, information relating to power consumed by the plurality of power consuming devices; and a client device manager operable to select, based on the information stored in the database and responsive to a power control event instruction requiring a reduction of electric power, at least one client device to which to communicate a power control message, the power control message indicating at least one of an amount of electric power to be reduced and identification of at least one controllable device to be instructed to disable a flow of electric power to one or more associated power consuming devices.