Powered electrical wall plate with a touch-sensitive surface

A powered wall plate, comprising:

• a wall plate with at least two electrical plug prongs extending rearward from the wall plate, the wall plate having at least one opening configured to expose a first electrical receptacle of an electrical device therethrough, the at least two electrical plug prongs configured to receive power from the electrical device;
• an electrical circuit located behind the wall plate and electrically coupled to the at least two electrical plug prongs;
• at least one light on the wall plate electrically coupled to the electrical circuit;
• and
• a touch-sensitive control switch electrically coupled to the at least one light and configured to control the supply of power from the electrical device to the at least one light, wherein the touch-sensitive control switch is configured to respond when a user contacts the touch-sensitive control switch.

A powered wall plate, comprising:

• a wall plate with at least two electrical plug prongs extending rearward from the wall plate, the at least two electrical plug prongs configured to receive power from an electrical device;
• an electrical circuit electrically coupled to the at least two electrical plug prongs;
• at least one light on the wall plate electrically coupled to the electrical circuit;
• and
• a touch-sensitive control switch electrically coupled to the at least one light and configured to control the supply of power from the electrical device to the at least one light, wherein the touch-sensitive control switch is configured to respond when a user contacts the touch-sensitive control switch.