Systems and apparatus for monitoring and selectively controlling a load in a power system

An electrical socket (100) includes at least one power port (60), and at least one monitoring and control device (118,120) coupled to the at least one power port. The at least one monitoring and control device includes a load control module (50) configured to control an amount of electrical power transmitted to at least one electrical load. The load control module is further configured to receive a power control command from a power system (10), and transmit a power control acknowledgement to the power system.