Abstract: A system is provided for facilitating monitoring of the status of numerous rooms in a hotel or motel by the desk clerk and enabling control by the desk clerk of availability of electrical power to any specific room. This system includes a monitor and control panel located at the registration desk for control and observation by the desk clerk. This monitoring panel includes the control circuitry which is coupled with an indicator panel at the housekeeper station and an operating circuit associated with the electrical power system to the several rooms. Also included is a housekeeper operated switch mechanism located in each of the respective rooms and operatively coupled with the other components of the system and which switch mechanism is selectively operable by the person entering a room for purposes of cleaning to override the desk clerks control as to availability of electrical power in that room and signal the desk clerk as to that fact.