Patent ID: 8069359

Claim:
A system for controlling power/energy distribution comprising: a primary policy configuration and control server; a networked router coupled to the primary configuration server; and a plurality of power-managed domains/clusters coupled to the router, wherein the primary policy configuration and control server: (i) distributes a weighted energy target to each of the power-managed domains/clusters over a predetermined interval to enable each of the power-managed domains/clusters to manage the energy consumption for each of the power-managed domains/clusters to meet the energy target, (ii) determines an error signal for each of the power-managed domains/clusters based on the weighted energy target and a first achieved power consumption output received through a feedback loop at the end of the predetermined interval, (iii) determines an adjusted weighted energy target based on the error signal, (iv) distributes the adjusted weighted energy target to each of the power-managed domains/clusters over a subsequent predetermined interval, and (v) determines a local error signal for each of the power-managed domains/clusters based on the adjusted weighted energy target and a second achieved power consumption output received through the feedback loop at the end of the subsequent predetermined interval.