An energy control device (30, 230) for adjusting an amount of energy of a plurality of pieces of equipment (40, 40,...) placed at a property (A, B), the energy control device comprising: a receiving unit for receiving an energy suppression request including information related to a requested suppressed amount of energy that is an amount of energy to be suppressed at the property; a basic adjustable amount calculation unit (36f, 236f) for calculating, upon receipt of the energy suppression request, a basic adjustable amount of energy for each of the pieces of equipment independently of the requested suppressed amount of energy on the basis of an operating status of the piece of equipment at the time when the energy suppression request is received; a control instruction generation unit (36i, 236i) for instructing the equipment to perform energy amount adjustment control so that a total of suppressed amounts of energy at the property becomes equal to the requested suppressed amount of energy on the basis of the basic adjustable amount of energy for each of the pieces of equipment; a difference amount calculation unit for calculating as an energy difference amount a difference between a total of the basic adjustable amounts of energy for each of the pieces of equipment and the requested suppressed amount of energy; and a distribution unit for distributing the energy difference amount calculated by the difference amount calculation unit to the equipment; wherein the control instruction generation unit instructs the equipment to perform the energy amount adjustment control on the basis of the basic adjustable amount of energy and the energy difference amount distributed by the distribution unit. a receiving unit for receiving an energy suppression request including information related to a requested suppressed amount of energy that is an amount of energy to be suppressed at the property; a basic adjustable amount calculation unit (36f, 236f) for calculating, upon receipt of the energy suppression request, a basic adjustable amount of energy for each of the pieces of equipment independently of the requested suppressed amount of energy on the basis of an operating status of the piece of equipment at the time when the energy suppression request is received; a control instruction generation unit (36i, 236i) for instructing the equipment to perform energy amount adjustment control so that a total of suppressed amounts of energy at the property becomes equal to the requested suppressed amount of energy on the basis of the basic adjustable amount of energy for each of the pieces of equipment; a difference amount calculation unit for calculating as an energy difference amount a difference between a total of the basic adjustable amounts of energy for each of the pieces of equipment and the requested suppressed amount of energy; and a distribution unit for distributing the energy difference amount calculated by the difference amount calculation unit to the equipment; wherein the control instruction generation unit instructs the equipment to perform the energy amount adjustment control on the basis of the basic adjustable amount of energy and the energy difference amount distributed by the distribution unit.