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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Joseph W. Forbes, Jr., Wake Forest, NC (US);
Joseph W. Forbes, Jr., Wake Forest, NC (US);
Consert Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A system manages consumption of power supplied by at least one electric utility to multiple power consuming devices. Power flow to the power consuming devices is enabled and disabled by controllable devices controlled by one or more client devices. According to one embodiment, a group of one or more client devices to which to communicate a power control message is determined. The power control message indicates at least one of an amount of electric power to be reduced and an identification of one or more controllable devices to be instructed to disable a flow of electric power to one or more associated power consuming devices. The power control message is communicated to the determined group of client devices to initiate a power reduction event. Subsequent to initiation of the power reduction event, a determination is made that at least one controllable device has prematurely exited the power reduction event.