Administration of Power Environments

Software for power administration, the software embodied on non-transitory computer-readable media and when executed using one or more processing units operable to perform operations comprising:

• collecting operational data for a plurality of elements of a first power environment, the elements of the first power environment comprising a power system, one or more sensors, and one or more power consumers;
• translating the collected operational data from a first format to a first abstracted format associated with an abstraction layer for interacting with heterogeneous power environments;
• collecting external data from one or more external information sources, the one or more external information sources comprising an environmental source operable to provide environmental data;
• translating the collected external data from a second format associated with a corresponding external information source to a second abstracted format associated with the abstraction layer for interacting with heterogeneous power environments;
• and
• updating stored power management data for managing the plurality elements of a first power environment according to the translated operational data in the first abstracted format and the translated external data in the second abstracted format.

A computer-implemented method for power administration, the method comprising:

• collecting, using one or more processing units, operational data for a plurality of elements of a first power environment, the elements of the first power environment comprising a power system, one or more sensors, and one or more power consumers;
• translating, using the one or more processing units, the collected operational data from a first format to a first abstracted format associated with an abstraction layer for interacting with heterogeneous power environments;
• collecting, using the one or more processing units, external data from one or more external information sources, the one or more external information sources comprising an environmental source operable to provide environmental data;
• translating, using the one or more processing units, the collected external data from a second format associated with a corresponding external information source to a second abstracted format associated with the abstraction layer for interacting with heterogeneous power environments;
• and
• updating, using the one or more processing units, stored power management data for managing the plurality elements of a first power environment according to the translated operational data in the first abstracted format and the translated external data in the second abstracted format.