Patent ID: 7827419

Claim:
A method for monitoring and controlling power to at least one device comprising: receiving a first command at a power monitoring and control system to create a power profile of an amount of energy consumed by the at least one device beginning at a first time; recording an energy consumed by the at least one device in the power profile starting at the first time; assigning the amount of energy which may be supplied to the at least one device after the first time; receiving a second command to achieve a first reduced rate of power consumption that includes at least a portion of the time between the first time and a second time; wherein the at least one device comprises at least two devices, and further comprising selecting which of the at least two devices is to be turned off to satisfy the first reduced rate of power consumption; transmitting the second command to a second power monitoring and control system to turn on the at least one device at the first time and turn off the at least one device at the second time subsequent to the first time; and creating at the second power monitoring and control system the power profile of the amount of energy consumed by the device between the first time and the second time.