Live power allocation. Safe, wireless, smart.
Power Management is Plugchoice's cloud-based system for distributing available charging capacity across chargers, based on grid limits, building consumption, and local generation like solar.
Works with every OCPP-compatible charger...
Power Management normalizes every charger brand into one system. Same balancing logic, regardless of manufacturer.
... wirelessly controlled.
Connect a wireless energy meter to the internet and Plugchoice handles the rest. No control wiring between meter and charger.
P1 / HAN
CT Clamps
Modbus
Load balancing, solar charging, peak shaving. One system.
Load Balancing & Peak Shaving
Distribute available capacity across chargers within a group. Limit group current to stay below desired thresholds. Static or dynamic, single-phase or three-phase.
Solar Balancing
Charge on excess solar energy. Solar Only charges exclusively from surplus. Smart Solar blends grid and solar for faster sessions.
Multi-charger, Multi-phase
Mix charger brands, AC and DC, single and multi-socket in one group. Three-phase aware balancing across L1, L2, and L3 independently.
Wireless meters. No physical connection required.
Plugchoice does dynamic Power Management wirelessly via the internet. Connect your meter to the internet, connect your charger to the internet. That's it.
Meter
Plugchoice Cloud
Charger
No physical connection required
Metering methods
P1 / HAN / TIC
Standard smart meter readout via the meter's communication port.
CT Clamps
Current transformers for measuring consumption at any point in the installation.
In-line Modbus
Industrial-grade metering for precise, high-frequency energy measurement.
Placement flexibility
Main fuse
Monitor total site consumption for overall capacity protection.
Sub-groups
Measure per electrical group for granular control.
Parallel groups
Independent metering for parallel circuits or tenants.
Your customers see it too. Right in the app.
End-users see exactly what's happening during smart charging sessions. The app communicates charging states, solar usage, and power limits in plain language. No confusion, no support tickets.
- Real-time charging status and power allocation
- Solar surplus and grid usage made visible
- Clear explanations when charging speed changes
Power Management Simulator
Simulate how Plugchoice distributes power across chargers, balances solar production, and protects your main fuse.
Available capacity is shared equally across all active chargers, per phase.
Drag, drop, done. Crazy advanced, crazy simple.
Power Management configuration uses visual building blocks in the Web Portal. Drag chargers into groups, nest sub-groups within groups, set per-phase limits, attach meters. Multi-site, multi-group, multi-level topologies that would take pages of config files are built in minutes.
- Drag-and-drop groups, meters, and chargers
- Sub-groups within groups for complex electrical topologies
- Per-phase current limits and fallback settings
- Parallel groups sharing the same physical infrastructure
Every decision, logged. Full visibility.
Real-time graphs show meter readings, current offered, and current consumed. Every power management decision is logged with full context. When something changes, you know exactly why.
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Ready to optimize your charging infrastructure?
Connect your chargers to Plugchoice and let Power Management handle the rest.