A system that facilitates and implements energy savings decisions by a home owner. The system will provide a mechanism to reduce the peak level of energy demand. A controller in logical communication with energy consuming appliances responds to request for energy from energy consuming appliances and
A system that facilitates and implements energy savings decisions by a home owner. The system will provide a mechanism to reduce the peak level of energy demand. A controller in logical communication with energy consuming appliances responds to request for energy from energy consuming appliances and devices by permitting or curtailing energy supply to the appliances or devices based on evaluation of a plurality of logical considerations. The controller may be operated to provide energy to fewer than all of the energy requesting appliances to reduce the energy demand on an energy supply source, including the instantaneous peak demand.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method for managing the supply of energy to a plurality of energy consuming devices connected to a power distribution system of an energy supplying system, comprising: receiving an energy demand request associated with an energy consuming device in need of energy at an elec
What is claimed is: 1. A method for managing the supply of energy to a plurality of energy consuming devices connected to a power distribution system of an energy supplying system, comprising: receiving an energy demand request associated with an energy consuming device in need of energy at an electronic controller; receiving energy supply data including energy cost rate data from an energy provider at the controller which provides for differing cost rates at different times throughout the day; the electronic controller deciding whether the energy supply is to be utilized by the energy consuming device making an energy demand request immediately or at a delayed time based on the energy demand request and the energy supply data; and the electronic controller connecting the energy supply to the energy consuming devices at the decided time to minimize the cost of the supplied energy. 2. The energy managing method of claim 1, where the plurality of energy consuming devices are located within a single residence. 3. The energy managing method of claim 1, where the plurality of energy consuming devices are located within a plurality of residences. 4. The energy managing method of claim 3, and further comprising: providing a plurality of home energy controllers and an energy demand controller, each house includes a home energy controller in communication with a plurality of energy consuming devices, and the energy demand controller is located remote from a plurality of houses and is in communication with each of the plurality of home energy controllers. 5. The energy managing method of claim 1 wherein at least one of said energy consuming devices is selected from a group consisting of a cooking appliance, a dishwashing appliance, a fabric care appliance, a food preservation appliance, a water management appliance, an electrical panel, and an air control appliance. 6. The energy managing method of claim 1 further comprising: receiving community energy data from an energy supplier, and controlling the energy supply to selectively provide energy to fewer than all of the energy consuming devices to reduce a level of energy demand on an energy supply source in response to said community energy data. 7. The method according to claim 1 further comprising: controlling the energy supply to the energy consuming devices to reduce the peak energy load. 8. The method according to claim 7 wherein the control of energy to the energy consuming device is staggered to reduce the peak energy load. 9. The method according to claim 1 further comprising: controlling the energy supplied by controlling the level of energy supplied. 10. The method according to claim 9 wherein the level of energy supplied is one of supplying normal energy levels, supplying reduced energy levels, and supplying no energy. 11. The energy managing method of claim 1 further comprising: receiving device specific data from at least one of said energy consuming devices, and controlling the energy supply to selectively provide energy to fewer than all of the energy requesting devices to reduce a level of energy demand on an energy supply source in response to said device specific data. 12. The energy managing method of claim 1 further comprising: receiving device user data from a source of the user data, and controlling the energy supply to selectively provide energy to fewer than all of the energy requesting devices to reduce a level of energy demand on an energy supply source in response to the user data. 13. An energy management system for managing a plurality of energy consuming devices connected on a power distribution system of an energy supplying system, comprising: a logical communication device associated with at least one of the energy consuming devices to generate an energy demand request; and a controller in logical communication with the energy supplying system to receive energy supply data including energy cost rate data which provides for differing cost rates at different times throughout the day from the energy supplying system, in logical communication with the logical communication device to receive the energy demand request, and configured to control the supply of energy to the at least one of the energy consuming devices between a current time and a future time by making an energy supply decision based on the energy supply data including energy cost rate data and the energy demand request to minimize the cost of the supplied energy. 14. The energy management system of claim 13 wherein said controller further comprises input means for user input of at least one type of user data selected from a group consisting of household status data, personal preference data, and specific data relating to a curtailable device, said energy management system further comprising: said controller being adapted to process said energy supply data, and said user data to selectively generate a logical command to curtail power to said curtailable device. 15. The energy management system of claim 14 wherein said logical communication device is adapted to provide device data selected from a group consisting of device type data, current device operational status data, device specific curtailment preference data, request for power data, and alternative cycle data, said energy management system further comprising: said controller being adapted to process said energy supply data, said user input data and said device data to selectively generate a logical command to curtail power to said curtailable device. 16. The energy management system of claim 13 wherein said logical communication device further is adapted to provide device data selected from a group consisting of device type data, current device operational status data, device specific curtailment preference data, request for power data, and alternative cycle data, said energy management system further comprising: a curtailable device being one of the energy consuming devices; and said controller being adapted to process said energy supply data, and said device data to selectively generate a logical command to curtail power to said curtailable device. 17. The energy management system of claim 16 wherein: said device data further comprises said alternative cycle data, and said controller selectively generates a logical command comprising a curtailment command or an alternate cycle command. 18. The energy management system of claim 13 wherein at least two of said energy consuming devices are curtailable devices. 19. The energy management system of claim 13 wherein the at least one energy consuming device is selected from a group consisting of a cooking appliance, a dishwashing appliance, a fabric care appliance, a food preservation appliance, a water management appliance, an electrical panel, and an air control appliance. 20. The energy management system of claim 13 wherein said controller is further adapted to collect energy use data from said power distribution system. 21. The energy management system of claim 13 wherein the plurality of energy consuming devices comprise a logical communication device that generates an energy demand request and the controller is configured to control the supply of energy to the plurality of energy consuming devices based on the energy demand requests and the energy supply data. 22. The energy management system of claim 13 wherein the controller is configured to control the supply of energy to the plurality of energy consuming devices to reduce the peak energy required. 23. The energy management system of claim 22 wherein the controller is configured to stagger the supply of energy to the plurality of energy consuming devices to reduce the peak energy required. 24. The energy management system of claim 13 wherein the controller controls the energy supplied to the at least one of the energy consuming devices by controlling the level of energy supplied. 25. The energy management system of claim 24 wherein the level of energy supplied is one of a normal energy supply level, a reduced energy supply level, and no energy supplied level. 26. The energy management system of claim 13 wherein the energy supply data comprises at least one of a current energy rate data, scheduled energy rate data, curtailment request data, emergency curtailment demand data, invitation to consume energy, consumption delay request data, request for projected energy usage.
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