Storage unit with power monitoring capability

A power strip having a power terminal adapted to operably couple to and provide electricity to a connected device, the power strip comprising:

• an interrogation module operably coupled to the power terminal, adapted to interrogate electric supply information including at least one of power, current, and voltage of electricity supplied to the connected device via the power terminal, and adapted to send an electric supply data signal based on the electric supply information;
• a computation module operably coupled to the interrogation module and adapted to receive the electric supply data signal and determine a status of the connected device;
• and
• a communication module operably coupled to the computation module and adapted to receive a status data signal from the computation module and communicate the status data signals to a remote computing device.

A method performed by a computing device to communicate a status of a connected device operably coupled to and adapted to receive electricity supplied by power terminals disposed in a storage unit, the method comprising:

• receiving an electric supply data signal from an interrogation module containing information including at least one of power, current, and voltage of electricity supplied to the connected device;
• determining a status of the connected device;
• and
• communicating, via a communication module, a status data signal indicating the status to a remote computing device.