ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

Provided are an electrical equipment control device, an electrical equipment control method and an electrical equipment that allow a user to enjoy the advantages of convenience and economic efficiency. An equipment control device (10a) has: a reception unit (11) for receiving desired time information indicating a desired operation start time or a desired operation termination time, operation period information and electrical power information; a time-shift period setting unit (12) for setting a time-shift period indicating a period which has a time range including the desired time information and during which the operation start time or the operation termination time of a household appliance (30) is shiftable; an electrical power charge information acquisition unit (13) for acquiring electrical power charge information; an operation time computing unit (14) for computing, based on the desired time information, the operation period information, and the electrical power charge information, the operation start time or the operation termination time, on the basis of which the electricity charge that is billed when the household appliance (30) is operated within the time-shift period falls to or below a predetermined charge; and a transmission unit (15) for transmitting the operation start time or the operation termination time to the household appliance (30).