Patent ID: 8626319

Claim:
A system for managing delivery and consumption of energy, comprising: a memory; and a processor that facilitates execution of computer-executable components stored within the memory, the computer-executable components comprising: a feeder module deployed within an industrial controller; and one or more load modules deployed within the industrial controller and respectively corresponding to one or more energy consuming devices; wherein the feeder module is further configured to, in response to initiation of a load shedding mode, select a subset of the one or more load modules based on a comparison between a configurable priority threshold value associated with the feeder module and one or more configurable load priority values respectively associated with the one or more load modules, and to instruct the subset of the one or more load modules to switch a corresponding subset of the one or more energy consuming devices to a low-load state, and wherein the feeder module is further configured to increment the configurable priority threshold in response to a determination that a total demand satisfies a criterion after an elapse of a defined time period after initiation of the load shedding mode.