Electric vehicle supply equipment (evse) powered appliance with load shedding

An appliance configured to receive power from an Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) device, the appliance comprising:

• at least one housing;
• an input power receptacle disposed on the at least one housing and configured to receive the plug of the EVSE device to establish a physical connection therebetween, the input power receptacle including one or more line power inputs configured to receive power from the plug of the EVSE device;
• at least one electrical load disposed in the at least one housing;
• and
• a control circuit coupled to the input power receptacle and the at least one electrical load to supply power received over the one or more line power inputs to the at least one electrical load, the control circuit further configured to, in response to a demand response signal received from the EVSE device through the input power receptacle, selectively reduce the power supplied to the at least one electrical load while the at least one electrical load is active to reduce power consumption by the at least one electrical load to meet an allowed power indicated by the demand response signal.