Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for virtual electrical networks (VENs). An Energy Management System (EMS) appliance identifies each physical node of a plurality of physical nodes in an electrical grid as being an energy source node or an energy consumer node, where each node is electrically coupled to at least one other physical node. The EMS appliance generates a VEN to include a plurality of virtual nodes to represent the plurality of physical nodes and virtual couplings to couple the virtual nodes. The plurality of virtual nodes include virtual energy source nodes and virtual energy consumer nodes. The VEN is used to identify faulty virtual nodes and to identify electrical couplings to achieve load balancing for the conservation of energy resources. Instructions are generated to reconfigure the electrical grid according to remove faulty nodes and/or to achieve the load balancing. Other embodiments are disclosed and/or claimed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for virtual electrical networks (VENs). An Energy Management System (EMS) appliance identifies each physical node of a plurality of physical nodes in an electrical grid as being an energy source node or an energy consumer node, where each node is electrically coupled to at least one other physical node. The EMS appliance generates a VEN to include a plurality of virtual nodes to represent the plurality of physical nodes and virtual couplings to couple the virtual nodes. The plurality of virtual nodes include virtual energy source nodes and virtual energy consumer nodes. The VEN is used to identify faulty virtual nodes and to identify electrical couplings to achieve load balancing for the conservation of energy resources. Instructions are generated to reconfigure the electrical grid according to remove faulty nodes and/or to achieve the load balancing. Other embodiments are disclosed and/or claimed.