Apparatus and Methods Preventing Circuit Breaker Masking

A system, comprising:

• a junction box;
• at least one receptacle mounted to the junction box having a phase terminal and a neutral terminal;
• a current limiting device having an input and an output terminal;
• an incoming phase wire entering the junction box;
• an incoming neutral wire entering the junction box;
• an outgoing phase wire exiting the junction box, coupled to the incoming phase wire at a first junction;
• an outgoing neutral wire exiting the junction box, coupled to the incoming neutral wire at a second junction ;
• a first current sensor;
• and
• control circuitry coupled to the first current sensor;
• wherein the incoming terminal of the current limiting device is connected to one of the phase terminal and the neutral terminal of the at least one receptacle, the outgoing terminal of the current limiting device is connected to one of the first and the second junctions, and the first current sensor is associated with one of the outgoing phase wire and the outgoing neutral wire, and wherein the control circuitry, upon sensing a current by the current sensor above a preprogrammed threshold sends a signal to one of the current limiting devices, a distributed energy resource (DER) plugged into the at least one receptacle and a remotely operable circuit breaker.