REMOTELY CONTROLLABLE POWER SWITCH OF AN APPLIANCE AND METHODS OF EMPLOYING THE SAME
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Apr 29, 2010
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Oct 27, 2008
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Oct 27, 2008
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A remotely controllable power switch of an appliance and a method of employing a remotely controllable power switch of an appliance to control the overall load that an electric power distribution network bears. The method may include a method of employing a remotely controllable power switch of an appliance to compute the rate that a particular customer pays for electric power. In one embodiment, the remotely controllable power switch of an appliance includes: (1) a switching device coupled between an input and an output of the remotely controllable power switch of an appliance and (2) communication circuitry coupled to the switching device, addressable only by class and configured to receive a turn-off signal and turn off the switching device in response thereto.
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