Patent ID: 7069117

Claim:
A system for adjustment of power consumption within a power grid comprising: a group controller; a plurality of sensors distributed within the power grid, the sensors being configured to assess conditions including power consumption and delivered voltage level and being configured to transmit data representative of the assessed conditions to the group controller; and a plurality of devices each configured to provide power control and each including a respective local controller associated with a respective one of the plurality of devices and configured to collect data from one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors that are associated with the respective one of the devices, each of the plurality of devices being configured to adjust an associated output electrical parameter in response to commands from either the group or local controller, individual ones of the plurality of devices being distributed to respective locations within the power grid, each of the plurality devices being configured to increase or decrease the associated output electrical parameter when either the group controller or the associated local controller determines that such will reduce system power consumption.