Abstract
Recent work has shown that the impact of distributed energy resources, electric vehicles/plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and smart appliances is favorable on the environment, economy, and reliability of the power grid. The benefits can be maximized by implementing coordinated smart controls. In the absence of coordinated controls, some negative effects may take place, such as reduced lifetime service of power distribution components and in particular distribution transformers. This paper presents a new smart house energy management system that can provide coordinated control of a residential house resources without customer inconvenience while minimizing overloading/overheating the distribution infrastructure.