A load control apparatus for controlling a power supply to an electrical load connected to an output terminal of the load control apparatus comprising: an overcurrent protection circuit having at least one input terminal adapted to receive a supply voltage (U in) from a power supply network and having a power switch through which the connected electrical load receives an electrical load current (I L) and having a current rise speed sensor component connected in series with the power switch and adapted to generate directly a voltage drop (ΔU 4) corresponding to the current rise speed, dI/dt, of the electrical load current (I L) flowing from the input terminal of the load control apparatus via the current rise speed sensor component and the power switch to the output terminal and having a driver circuit, which comprises a low voltage side and a high voltage side, wherein the low voltage side of the driver circuit is connected to a control unit and the high voltage side of the driver circuit is connected to the power switch, wherein the driver circuit is adapted to detect an occurring overcurrent depending on the voltage drop (ΔU 4) generated by the current rise speed sensor component and a non-linear voltage drop (ΔU 5) along the power switch applied to a drive input (DESAT) at the high voltage side of the driver circuit as a sum voltage (U Σ), wherein the driver circuit is adapted to switch off said power switch if a configurable threshold voltage (U TH) is exceeded within a switch-off period of less than one millisecond, said load control apparatus further comprising a power supply control circuit having a voltage sensor component adapted to measure at the input terminal the supply voltage (U in) notified by the voltage sensor component to the control unit of the load control apparatus to provide a supply voltage profile stored in a data memory of the load control unit, wherein the control unit is adapted to control an electrical power supplied to the connected electrical load depending on the supply voltage profile and depending on a load current profile stored in the data memory of the control unit. an overcurrent protection circuit having at least one input terminal adapted to receive a supply voltage (U in) from a power supply network and having a power switch through which the connected electrical load receives an electrical load current (I L) and having a current rise speed sensor component connected in series with the power switch and adapted to generate directly a voltage drop (ΔU 4) corresponding to the current rise speed, dI/dt, of the electrical load current (I L) flowing from the input terminal of the load control apparatus via the current rise speed sensor component and the power switch to the output terminal and having a driver circuit, which comprises a low voltage side and a high voltage side, wherein the low voltage side of the driver circuit is connected to a control unit and the high voltage side of the driver circuit is connected to the power switch, wherein the driver circuit is adapted to detect an occurring overcurrent depending on the voltage drop (ΔU 4) generated by the current rise speed sensor component and a non-linear voltage drop (ΔU 5) along the power switch applied to a drive input (DESAT) at the high voltage side of the driver circuit as a sum voltage (U Σ), wherein the driver circuit is adapted to switch off said power switch if a configurable threshold voltage (U TH) is exceeded within a switch-off period of less than one millisecond, said load control apparatus further comprising a power supply control circuit having a voltage sensor component adapted to measure at the input terminal the supply voltage (U in) notified by the voltage sensor component to the control unit of the load control apparatus to provide a supply voltage profile stored in a data memory of the load control unit, wherein the control unit is adapted to control an electrical power supplied to the connected electrical load depending on the supply voltage profile and depending on a load current profile stored in the data memory of the control unit.