Utility console for controlling energy resources

A method of controlling energy consumption of a plurality of energy consuming devices at a premises, each of the plurality of energy consuming devices being controlled by a corresponding load controller, each load controller being communicatively coupled to one of a plurality of distributed energy management controllers, the plurality of distributed energy management controllers being communicatively coupled to a computer system of an operations control center, comprising:

• measuring the individual energy load of each one of the plurality of energy consuming devices;
• communicating the individual energy load measurements to corresponding ones of the plurality of distributed energy management controllers;
• communicating the individual energy load measurements of each of the plurality of energy consuming devices from the plurality of distributed energy management controllers to the operations control center;
• processing, by the computer system, the individual energy load measurements received from the plurality of distributed energy management controllers;
• transmitting a command from the operations control center to at least one of the plurality of distributed energy management controllers based on said processed individual energy load measurements to curtail/engage one or more of the plurality of energy consuming devices;
• performing calculations on the real-time measurements of the individual energy load measurements in iterative predictions of the performance of a demand response event, triggered by the command, from the operations center while the demand response event is underway;
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• determining, based on the iterative predictions, if the demand response event is not expected to be successfully achieved or may be achieved more effectively, and if so, automatically altering the command based upon defined constraints and rules.