An intelligent electrical switching device for installation in a circuit comprising a neutral wire, said intelligent electrical switching device comprising: a mechanical electrical switch, said mechanical electrical switch having an operational state during use; a logic unit operatively coupled to said mechanical electrical switch for causing said mechanical electrical switch to change said operational state during use; a computer system coupled to said logic unit and comprising a wireless transmitter/receiver for sending and receiving data over a telecommunications network; and a current sensor; characterized by: a first neutral terminal and an opposing second neutral terminal for connection to said neutral wire of said circuit; an electrical path from said first neutral terminal to said second neutral terminal through said current sensor, said current sensor for detecting whether said neutral wire of said circuit has electrical current when said intelligent electrical switch is installed in said circuit and said neutral wire is coupled to said current sensor via said electrical path; said computer system comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions that, upon execution, cause the intelligent electrical switching device to perform the steps of: use said wireless transmitter/receiver to wirelessly receive instructions to set a power state of said circuit to a desired power state, said desired power state being indicated in said received instructions; detect whether said circuit is in said desired powered state by receiving information from said current sensor indicating presence or absence of current in said neutral wire; cause said logic unit to operate said mechanical electrical switch to change said operational state only if said circuit is detected as not being in said desired power state. a mechanical electrical switch, said mechanical electrical switch having an operational state during use; a logic unit operatively coupled to said mechanical electrical switch for causing said mechanical electrical switch to change said operational state during use; a computer system coupled to said logic unit and comprising a wireless transmitter/receiver for sending and receiving data over a telecommunications network; and a current sensor; characterized by: a first neutral terminal and an opposing second neutral terminal for connection to said neutral wire of said circuit; an electrical path from said first neutral terminal to said second neutral terminal through said current sensor, said current sensor for detecting whether said neutral wire of said circuit has electrical current when said intelligent electrical switch is installed in said circuit and said neutral wire is coupled to said current sensor via said electrical path; said computer system comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions that, upon execution, cause the intelligent electrical switching device to perform the steps of: use said wireless transmitter/receiver to wirelessly receive instructions to set a power state of said circuit to a desired power state, said desired power state being indicated in said received instructions; detect whether said circuit is in said desired powered state by receiving information from said current sensor indicating presence or absence of current in said neutral wire; cause said logic unit to operate said mechanical electrical switch to change said operational state only if said circuit is detected as not being in said desired power state. a first neutral terminal and an opposing second neutral terminal for connection to said neutral wire of said circuit; an electrical path from said first neutral terminal to said second neutral terminal through said current sensor, said current sensor for detecting whether said neutral wire of said circuit has electrical current when said intelligent electrical switch is installed in said circuit and said neutral wire is coupled to said current sensor via said electrical path; said computer system comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions that, upon execution, cause the intelligent electrical switching device to perform the steps of: use said wireless transmitter/receiver to wirelessly receive instructions to set a power state of said circuit to a desired power state, said desired power state being indicated in said received instructions; detect whether said circuit is in said desired powered state by receiving information from said current sensor indicating presence or absence of current in said neutral wire; cause said logic unit to operate said mechanical electrical switch to change said operational state only if said circuit is detected as not being in said desired power state. use said wireless transmitter/receiver to wirelessly receive instructions to set a power state of said circuit to a desired power state, said desired power state being indicated in said received instructions; detect whether said circuit is in said desired powered state by receiving information from said current sensor indicating presence or absence of current in said neutral wire; cause said logic unit to operate said mechanical electrical switch to change said operational state only if said circuit is detected as not being in said desired power state.