Patent ID: 8275487

Claim:
A system for controlling an electric power delivery system, comprising: a communications network; a monitored equipment; a plurality of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), each of the plurality of IEDs comprising: an IED network communications interface connected to the communications network to communicate with each of the other IEDs connected to the communications network; a communication master in communication with each of the plurality of IEDs via the communications network, the communication master comprising: a processor; a communication master network communications interface to communicate with each of the plurality of IEDs; a computer-readable storage medium, comprising: instructions executable on the processor that enable the communication master to: detect an electrical condition; establish an execution time for a time coordinated instruction set that includes a coordinated action for the monitored equipment based on the detected electrical condition; and transmit the execution time to each of the plurality of IEDs via the communication master network communications interface; and wherein each of the plurality of IEDs begins to perform the time coordinated instruction set at the execution time for time coordinated execution by the monitored equipment.