A method for controlling an energy supply system, said energy supply system comprising at least: at least two energy generators (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2) that are each configured to provide at least one energy form of heat and/or cold and/or electrical energy; for each energy generator, one closed-loop controller (R1-R5) for controlling the energy generator (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2); and a control device for coordinately controlling the closed-loop controllers (R1-R5), said control device executing the method steps of: detecting an energy supply request to provide energy in the form of heat and/or cold and/or electrical energy; for each energy form (F1-F3), determining which energy generators (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2) are required to meet said energy supply request; characterized by the further steps of: for each energy form (F1-F3), generating switch-on requests for the energy generators (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2) required to meet said energy supply request and generating switch-off requests for the energy generators (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2) not required to meet said energy supply request; for each energy generator (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2), determining whether there is one, several or no switch-on request(s); for each energy generator (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2), determining whether there is one, several or no switch-off request(s); for each energy form (F1-F3), setting a priority such that each energy form (F1-F3) is given a different priority; for each energy generator (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2), for which there is at least one switch-on request and at least one switch-off request from different energy forms (F1-F3) present, outputting the switch-on request or switch-off request generated by the energy form (F1-F3) with higher priority to the corresponding control device, wherein at least one of the energy generators (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2) is configured to simultaneously provide at least two energy forms (F1-F3) at least two energy generators (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2) that are each configured to provide at least one energy form of heat and/or cold and/or electrical energy; for each energy generator, one closed-loop controller (R1-R5) for controlling the energy generator (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2); and a control device for coordinately controlling the closed-loop controllers (R1-R5), said control device executing the method steps of: detecting an energy supply request to provide energy in the form of heat and/or cold and/or electrical energy; for each energy form (F1-F3), determining which energy generators (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2) are required to meet said energy supply request; detecting an energy supply request to provide energy in the form of heat and/or cold and/or electrical energy; for each energy form (F1-F3), determining which energy generators (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2) are required to meet said energy supply request; characterized by the further steps of: for each energy form (F1-F3), generating switch-on requests for the energy generators (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2) required to meet said energy supply request and generating switch-off requests for the energy generators (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2) not required to meet said energy supply request; for each energy generator (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2), determining whether there is one, several or no switch-on request(s); for each energy generator (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2), determining whether there is one, several or no switch-off request(s); for each energy form (F1-F3), setting a priority such that each energy form (F1-F3) is given a different priority; for each energy generator (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2), for which there is at least one switch-on request and at least one switch-off request from different energy forms (F1-F3) present, outputting the switch-on request or switch-off request generated by the energy form (F1-F3) with higher priority to the corresponding control device, wherein at least one of the energy generators (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2) is configured to simultaneously provide at least two energy forms (F1-F3) for each energy form (F1-F3), generating switch-on requests for the energy generators (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2) required to meet said energy supply request and generating switch-off requests for the energy generators (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2) not required to meet said energy supply request; for each energy generator (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2), determining whether there is one, several or no switch-on request(s); for each energy generator (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2), determining whether there is one, several or no switch-off request(s); for each energy form (F1-F3), setting a priority such that each energy form (F1-F3) is given a different priority; for each energy generator (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2), for which there is at least one switch-on request and at least one switch-off request from different energy forms (F1-F3) present, outputting the switch-on request or switch-off request generated by the energy form (F1-F3) with higher priority to the corresponding control device, wherein at least one of the energy generators (E1-E5, B1-B2, G1-G2, H1-H2) is configured to simultaneously provide at least two energy forms (F1-F3)