The management system includes a display portion and a display control portion. The display portion displays a measurement value display indicating a measurement value of a measurement target of the power unit. The display control portion controls the display portion. The measurement value display includes a meter display of the measurement value and a numerical value display of the measurement value. The meter display is arranged in a meter region having either an arc shape or a circumferential shape. The numerical value display is arranged in a numerical value region arranged inside the meter region.

A system includes a controller configured to request power-source data associated with a plurality of power sources powering a device, assigning sustainability factors associated with the power-source data, determine a sustainability indicator based on the plurality of sustainability factors, and output the sustainability indicator. The system further may include a display configured to display the sustainability indicator. The display may include a user interface of a power device or a remote device. The remote device may include one of a smartphone, tablet, laptop, notebook or personal computer having a monitor. The sustainability indicator may include one or more icons representing a source of electricity based on the plurality of sustainability factors.

Methods for switching the power source supplying an alternating current (AC) electrical load from a first AC power supply to a second AC power supply comprising: (a) determining, during a time period, the zero voltage crossings of at the first and second AC power supplies; (b) estimating for a future time period, based on information obtained in said determining step (a), the times at which a series of future current zero-crossings of said AC load and at least the current zero-crossing of the second power supply; (c) based on said estimating step (b), determining whether during said future time period the time of said zero-crossing of said load current and the zero-crossing of the second power supply are within about 0.1 microseconds of each other; and (d) for a time period during which said zero crossings are estimated to be within 0.1 microseconds of each other, switching said load to said second power supply at said time at which said zero crossings are estimated to be within 0.1 microseconds of each other, wherein said switching: (i) uses a solid-state switching system and microprocessor-based control system for actuating said solid-state switching circuit; and (ii) accounts for any known actuation delay between the actuation signal from said microprocessor and the occurrence of said switching.

An electrical power socket including: an electrical power outlet; a power input configured to supply power to the power outlet; one relay configured to control delivery of electrical power via the power outlet; a power monitor configured to monitor the operational state of the-power outlet and characteristics of power drawn from the power outlet; and a microcontroller being configurable to: capture monitored data; send the captured data via a data network interface to a remote energy monitoring system; receive data from the remote energy monitoring system; and control the one relay to manage delivery of power via a power outlet responsive to a determination the power outlet is delivering power associated with a wasted energy usage classification. The determination the power outlet is delivering power associated with a wasted energy usage classification.

An electrical power socket including: an electrical power outlet; a power input configured to supply power to the power outlet; one relay configured to control delivery of electrical power via the power outlet; a power monitor configured to monitor the operational state of the-power outlet and characteristics of power drawn from the power outlet; and a microcontroller being configurable to: capture monitored data; send the captured data via a data network interface to a remote energy monitoring system; receive data from the remote energy monitoring system; and control the one relay to manage delivery of power via a power outlet responsive to a determination the power outlet is delivering power associated with a wasted energy usage classification. The determination the power outlet is delivering power associated with a wasted energy usage classification.

A system for managing electrical loads includes a plurality of branch circuits, a sensor system, and control circuitry. The sensor system is configured to measure one or more electrical parameters corresponding to the plurality of branch circuits, and transmit one or more signals to the control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to determine respective electrical load information in each branch circuit based on the sensor system, and control the electrical load in each branch circuit using controllable elements based on the respective electrical load information. The control circuitry transmits usage information, generates displays indicative of usage information, accesses stored or referencing information to forecast electrical load, and manages electrical load in response to identified events. The control circuitry can associate each branch circuit with reference load information, and disaggregate loads on each branch circuit based on the reference load information and on the electrical load in the branch circuit.

An electrical power socket including: an electrical power outlet; a power input configured to supply power to the power outlet; one relay configured to control delivery of electrical power via the power outlet; a power monitor configured to monitor the operational state of the-power outlet and characteristics of power drawn from the power outlet; and a microcontroller being configurable to: capture monitored data; send the captured data via a data network interface to a remote energy monitoring system; receive data from the remote energy monitoring system; and control the one relay to manage delivery of power via a power outlet responsive to a determination the power outlet is delivering power associated with a wasted energy usage classification. The determination the power outlet is delivering power associated with a wasted energy usage classification.

[Object] To correct a power consumption record in a period in which energy-saving control is performed and a power consumption record in a period in which the energy-saving control is not performed in accordance with a purpose of the comparison, and to enable evaluation of power consumption from various viewpoints. [Solution] A terminal device configured to evaluate power consumption of equipment includes a communication control unit configured to acquire a power consumption record of the equipment, and a processing unit configured to output data related to power consumption records before and after an energy-saving operation of the equipment. The processing unit performs correction I and correction II (II) to make one of a power consumption period in an operation period before the energy-saving operation and a power consumption record in an operation period after the energy-saving operation comparable with the power consumption record in the other operation period, and then outputs data related to the power consumption records before and after the energy-saving operation.

Systems for microgrid interfacing may include a virtual resource platform (VRP) for integration and management of a plurality of integrated distributed energy resources (IDERs). The VRP may include at least one request-handling interface to process requests for interfacing IDERs, a driver identification engine to retrieve resource metadata attributes and identify compatible drivers, and a standardized application programming interface (API) for cross-platform compatibility. The VRP may further include a predictive energy manager. The predictive energy manager may fetch telemetry data from the IDERs, analyze the data using machine-learning-based models, and may generate energy management analysis products.

Predictive energy management comprising systems and methods to collect information about the configuration of energy resources and historical data about energy utilization as to make recommendations on how to optimize those energy resources are disclosed. Intelligent distributed energy resources (IDERs) which are devices that are energy producers or consumers that are automatable with application programming interfaces are aggregated together. An intelligent energy profile, which comprises a summary of energy resources and historical data about utilization is generated. A predictive algorithm is applied to the intelligent energy profile thereby generating a predicted future state, and a recommendation on how to optimize against that predicted future state is generated. In some embodiments generative artificial intelligence techniques are utilized, and in some embodiments the recommendations are automatically performed via the generation of computer script embodying the recommendations. The predictive energy management techniques scale from a single building, through microgrids, to the national level.