A system and method for enabling home power management. The method
includes polling a plurality of power managed appliances in a network to
determine a power state for each of the power managed appliances. Based
on a corresponding power rating for the power state of each of the power
managed appliances, determining an overall power utilization for the
network. If policy has been enacted for updating the power state of any
of the plurality of power managed appliances, adjusting the power state
of the power managed appliances to provide an optimized power management
network.