Energy reduction

1. A power reduction system comprising:

an input configured to receive power from a power source;

a plurality of outputs configured to provide output power to a plurality of loads;

a plurality of switches coupled to the input and the plurality of outputs;

a network interface configured to receive a power status message from a network;

a controller coupled to the switches and the network interface and configured to control the switches to selectively couple/decouple the input to/from the outputs in response to the power status message; and

an energy consumption module coupled to the input and configured to determine a reduced energy consumption measure based on the difference between (1) energy provided by the input to the outputs that are coupled to the input during a time period during which the controller decouples the input from at least one of the outputs and (2) a baseline energy consumption estimate for the time period, wherein the network interface is coupled to the energy consumption module and is further configured to transmit the reduced energy consumption measure toward a remote device connected to the network.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the energy consumption module is further configured to determine the baseline energy consumption estimate based on energy provided by the input during a time period during which none of the outputs are decoupled from the input by the controller, and store the baseline energy consumption estimate in memory.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the energy consumption module is further configured to determine an average baseline consumption estimate for a plurality of time periods based on the stored baseline energy consumption estimate, wherein the average baseline consumption estimate time periods comprise at least one of hours, days, weeks, months and years.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the received power status message comprises information indicating to cancel an action induced by a previously received power status message.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the power status message comprises information regarding at least one of instructions regarding a type of device to decouple from the input, instructions regarding a specific output to decouple from the input, instructions regarding an amount of energy reduction to induce, or a level of compensation that will be received for a level of energy reduction induced.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a backup power source, wherein the controller is further configured to couple the backup power source to at least one of the outputs.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the backup power source comprises an uninterruptible power supply.

8. A power reduction system comprising:

an input configured to receive power from a power source;

a plurality of outputs configured to provide output power to a plurality of loads;

a plurality of switches coupled to the input and the plurality of outputs;

a network interface configured to receive a power status message from a network;

a controller coupled to the switches and the network interface and configured to control the switches to selectively couple/decouple the input to/from the outputs in response to the power status message; and

an energy consumption module coupled to the input and configured to determine a reduced energy consumption measure based on the difference between (1) energy provided to the plurality of outputs during a time period during which the controller decouples the input from at least one of the outputs and (2) a plurality of baseline energy consumption estimates for the time period, and further wherein the energy consumption module is further configured to determine the plurality of baseline energy consumption estimates based on energy provided to each of the plurality of outputs,

wherein the network interface is coupled to the energy consumption module and is further configured to transmit the reduced energy consumption measure toward a remote device connected to the network.

9. A method of power reduction comprising:

receiving power from a power source;

providing power received from the power source to a plurality of outputs coupled to a plurality of loads;

receiving a power status message from a network;

controlling switches coupled to the power source and the outputs to selectively couple/decouple the power source to/from the outputs in response to receiving the power status message;

determining a reduced energy consumption measure based on the difference between (1) energy provided by the power source during a time period during which the power source is selectively decoupled from at least one of the outputs in response to the power status message and (2) a baseline energy consumption estimate for the time period; and

transmitting the reduced energy consumption measure toward a remote device connected to the network.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining the baseline energy consumption measure based on the energy consumed by the loads during a time period while none of the outputs is controlled to be decoupled from the power source in response to the power status message; and

storing the baseline energy consumption measure in memory.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising controlling at least one of the switches to couple at least one of the outputs to a backup power source.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the backup power source comprises an uninterruptible power supply.

13. A method of power reduction comprising:

receiving power from a power source;

providing power received from the power source to a plurality of outputs coupled to a plurality of loads;

receiving a power status message from a network;

controlling switches coupled to the power source and the outputs to selectively couple/decouple the power source to/from the outputs in response to receiving the power status message;

determining a reduced energy consumption measure based on the difference between (1) energy provided to the plurality of outputs during a time period during which the power source is selectively decoupled from at least one of the outputs and (2) a plurality of baseline energy consumption estimates for the time period, the method further comprising determining the plurality of baseline energy consumption estimates based on energy provided to each of the plurality of outputs; and

transmitting the reduced energy consumption measure toward a remote device connected to the network.

14. A computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instruction including instructions that will cause a processor to:

receive a power status message from a network;

control switches, the switches being coupled to a power source and a plurality of outputs, wherein the outputs are coupled to a plurality of loads, to selectively couple/decouple the power source to/from the outputs in response to receiving the power status message;

determine a reduced energy consumption measure based on the difference between (1) energy provided by the input to the outputs that are coupled to the input during a time period during which the controller decouples the input from at least one of the outputs and (2) a baseline energy consumption estimate for the time period; and

determine a reduced energy consumption measure based on the difference between (1) energy provided by the input to the outputs that are coupled to the input during a time period during which the power source is selectively decoupled from at least one of the outputs in response to the power status message and (2) a baseline energy consumption estimate for the time period; and

determine a reduced energy consumption measure based on the difference between (1) energy provided to the plurality of outputs during a time period during which the controller decouples the input from at least one of the outputs and (2) a plurality of baseline energy consumption estimates for the time period; and

cause a transmitter to transmit the reduced energy consumption measure toward a remote device connected to the network.