Systems and methods are disclosed for allocating and distributing power management budgets for subsystems (e.g., power usage clients) of a computer system. A power budget allocation subsystem may include a plurality of feedback branches having different associated time constants. Power usage clients with slower power response times may be provided power budgets based on a feedback branch having an associated longer time constant, while power usage clients with faster power response times may be provided with power budgets based on a feedback branch having an associated shorter time constant. The power budgets may be determined in the feedback branches based on power budgeting policies weighting the power budget of each subsystem relative to total power mitigation.

A management apparatus that manages an electric power device of an electric power consumer, comprises: an obtaining unit configured to obtain characteristic information of the electric power device as information related to an environmental load; and a planning unit configured to plan a priority rank of an operation of the electric power device in utilization of electric power of the electric power device based on the characteristic information obtained by the obtaining unit.

A method of estimating power flexibility for a climate system includes receiving a component power flexibility measurement from one or more components of the climate system, and aggregating the component power flexibility measurement from each of the one or more components of the climate system to determine a climate system power flexibility. A method of responding to a fast demand request from an electrical power source for a climate system is also disclosed.

An electrical connector assembly (1), comprising a housing (2) and an electrical connector receptacle (3) arranged to receive a complementary electrical connector, the housing arranged to be mounted to a support structure, the electrical connector receptacle arranged to be removably received within the housing, the electrical connector receptacle comprises a tongue (30) with a plurality of electrical contacts (31) arranged to connect with electrical contacts of the complementary electrical connector.

A method for controlling a power strip includes: acquiring a present temperature parameter of an ambient environment; determining a presently-allowed maximum power of the power strip based on the present temperature parameter; acquiring a total power of electronic devices presently powered by the power strip; and controlling the power strip to cut off power supply to at least one of the electronic devices when the total power is greater than the presently-allowed maximum power. In the technical solution, the presently-allowed maximum power of the power strip can be adjusted automatically based on the present temperature parameter of the ambient environment of the power strip, which improves flexibility of adjusting the maximum power.

A utility hub is provided. The utility hub is able to control utility outlet flow from an inlet through an outlet based on programming and/or sensed inputs to optimize utility usage. The utility hub uses a computerized controller having a processor and a memory to control utility outlet flow from an outlet.

Provided is a system and method that can safely generate and execute an outage plan for a power grid based on severe weather-driven events. In one example, the method may include receiving predicted or current operational power system state data from a power grid and weather conditions associated with the power grid, identifying one or more nodes on the power grid to de-energize based on the operational state data and the current weather conditions, determining a sequence of instructions to perform to de-energize the one or more identified nodes based on the operational state data and the current weather conditions associated with the power grid, and generating an outage plan including mitigation steps for ensuring the stability and security of the power grid which includes the determined sequence of instructions to be executed and store the outage plan in the memory.

An electronic device can include a power system including a battery and a processor programmed to detect connection of an external power source to the electronic device, determine an estimated disconnection time at which the external power source is expected to be disconnected from the electronic device, analyze power grid data corresponding to the external power source to identify one or more desired battery charging intervals and one or more undesired battery charging intervals prior to the estimated disconnection time, and operate the power system to charge the battery from the external power source during the identified one or more desired battery charging intervals and inhibit battery charging during the one or more undesired battery charging intervals. The processor can be programmed to inhibit battery charging by reducing the rate at which the battery charges or by preventing battery charging.

A vehicular power supply system is provided with: a power supply control unit for supplying a power packet from a power packet mixer to power packet routers in response to a power distribution request from the power packet routers; and an allocation unit for allocating priorities to a plurality of loads. The power supply control unit restricts power supply to a load having a low priority when the demand-supply relationship of power satisfies a predetermined condition.

Disclosed in the present invention are a multipurpose smart switchboard device and system, and an operation method thereof, the multipurpose smart switchboard device and system including: a lead-in wire for supplying power to a customer; a main breaker connected to the lead-in wire; a first relay device connected between the main breaker and a first load using a regular power source; a second relay device connected to the first relay device; a third relay device connected to the second relay device; a fourth relay device connected between the third relay device and a second load including a general power consumption device; and a fifth relay device connected between the third relay device and a third load including a temperature regulation device.