Process for managing and curtailing power demand of appliances and components thereof

A process for managing power demand of simultaneously operating appliances, some of which are capable of executing multiple cycles of operation including a normal power consumption cycle of operation and a lower power consumption cycle of operation, the process comprising:

• forecasting for each of the appliances a future energy consumption profile corresponding to the cycle of operation being executed;
• summing the future energy consumption profiles corresponding to the cycles of operation;
• determining if the sum indicates one or more peaks in power demand that exceeds a peak threshold;
• and
• providing a lower power consumption cycle of operation to one or more of the appliances executing a normal power consumption cycle of operation such that any peak in the power demand indicated by the sum of the future energy consumption profiles is less than the peak threshold.