A power strip apparatus for powering a plurality of electric devices. The apparatus includes a main body having a plurality of outlets for receiving electric plugs. Each outlet provides power to an electric device attached by an electric plug of the electric device to the outlet. The apparatus also includes a power cable for powering the apparatus from an electric supply and a control board having a programming mechanism for independently controlling power to each outlet of the control board using a plurality of relays. Each relay is associated with a specific outlet to control power to the outlet and attached electric device.

An electrical power outlet including a computer processor having a memory operably connected thereto storing computer instruction code, a control module for controlling the supply of electrical power from the outlet upon receipt of a control signal from the computer processor, and a communications module for connection with a plurality of external electrical power outlets, wherein the computer instruction code, when executed by the computer processor, causes the computer processor to control the supply of electrical power from the outlet according to predetermined conditions stored in the computer memory, and transmit contents of the computer memory to the plurality of external electrical power outlets and receive memory contents from a plurality of external electrical power outlets.

Some embodiments include electric power demand stabilization methods and systems that may include receiving an indication that a specific controllable device will have a high power draw event; retrieving a power draw profile for the specific controllable device that includes at least a maximum power draw and an event duration; identifying a plurality of low priority controllable devices with a combined power draw that is substantially equal to the maximum power draw of the specific controllable device; and turning off the plurality of low priority controllable devices for a time period substantially equal to the event duration.

An equipment management apparatus manages at least one equipment unit that is supplied with energy and that consumes energy. The equipment management apparatus includes a result value storage unit, an adjustment control implementation status storage unit, and a hypothetical value computation unit. The result value storage unit stores result values of an amount of energy consumed in a first particular day by the at least one equipment unit. The result values are stored in association with time slots of the first particular day. The adjustment control implementation status storage unit stores adjustment control implementation status information indicating whether or not energy adjustment control has been performed in each of the time slots of the first particular day. The hypothetical value computation unit computes a hypothetical value of an amount of energy consumed by the at least one equipment unit as if the energy adjustment control had not been performed.

Disclosed herein are system and method embodiments for a power tracking and control architecture. An embodiment operates by compiling a data telegram, wherein the data telegram comprises a plurality of blocks; sending, by a first communication path of the controller, the data telegram to a second tier of the tiered network, wherein at least one power asset of the second tier of the tiered network is configured to update a power profile according to at least one block of the data telegram; and receiving, by a second communication path of the tiered network, an update from the at least one power asset of the second tier of the tiered network.

A system and method for remotely monitoring, measuring and controlling power to an electrically powered device is disclosed herein. The system preferably comprises an apparatus, an electrically-powered device and a controller. The apparatus preferably comprises a cord, an alternating current outlet socket, an alternating current input plug, an electro-mechanical relay, a processor and a transceiver. The system preferably uses a WiFi communication signal to transmit commands from the remote controller to the apparatus.

The present invention relates to a system for distributing electrical energy, comprising an electricity grid configured to supply electrical energy to end users, characterized in that the grid is operated on a direct voltage.

An energy management system is provided for controlling a controlled device connected to an energy supply network, which controlled device includes multiple energy-converting elements, wherein the sum of maximum energy conversions of the energy-converting elements is at least 3 kW. The energy management system may include modules that each provide functions used in the control of the controlled device, wherein planning function(s) for planning a future energy conversion of the energy-converting element(s), sensing function(s) for sensing parameter(s) that concern an instantaneous energy conversion of the energy-converting element(s), and control function(s) for specifying control parameter(s) that influence an energy conversion of the energy-converting element(s) are provided as functions. Each module may be designed to communicate with other one(s) of the modules via a communication connection, whereby functions of the module can be used by the other module and/or functions of the other module can be used by the module.

An energy management system, provided with: a collector that collects information regarding energy efficiency of a production apparatus and a processor that performs at least one of monitoring, simulation, and optimization of energy efficiency in production activity performed by the production apparatus, on the basis of the information regarding energy efficiency collected by the collector, using a modeling unit in which information regarding energy efficiency of a constituent element of the production apparatus is modeled on the basis of a predefined rule.

A fault type determination method and device of a terminal unit for automation used in a power distribution network are disclosed. The method includes: for each line of incoming lines and outgoing lines of a distribution device, recording the number of faults occurring on the line; after a fault occurs, determining, according to the current and/or voltage on each line, whether automated reclosing is executed, and recording the number of executed automated reclosings; in a fault type determination period, for each line, if the number of faults occurring on the line is greater than the maximum number of automated reclosings allowed by the transformer substation side, or the fault is a repeat fault, then identifying the fault on the line as a permanent fault.