Patent ID: 7356385
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: G06Q,H02J,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. An end-user load controller for controlling electrical energy from an electrical supply system to a load of an end user, comprising: a receiver to receive load-operating information, wherein the load-operating information is at least one selected from the group comprising: (a) time of day; (b) whether the load is on, that is consuming energy, or off, that is not consuming electrical energy; (c) the total amount of energy being consumed by the load; (d) one or more prices of electrical energy to the load; (e) other information which might reasonably affect whether the load should be on or off from the end user's point of view; a monitor to monitor system emergency information, wherein the system emergency information is at least one selected from the group comprising: predetermined criteria, wherein the predetermined criteria are selected from the group comprising: an evaluator to periodically evaluate whether the load should be on or off, based on comparisons of the load-operating information and the system emergency information to the predetermined criteria; a switch to turn the load on or off depending on a most-recent evaluation by the evaluator; wherein the load is switched on or off depending upon the load-operating information as compared to the predetermined criteria; and wherein the load is switched off depending on the system emergency information as compared to the predetermined criteria, regardless of the load-operating information.