A rack equipment power purchase plan supervision system and method is
presented. In one embodiment of the present invention, a rack equipment
power purchase plan supervision system includes rack equipment for
processing information. The rack equipment is supervised by a rack
equipment power purchase plan supervision component in accordance with a
power purchase plan. The power purchase plan defines operational settings
of the rack equipment for various power supply conditions. A
communication bus for communicating information communicatively couples
the power purchase plan supervision component and the rack equipment.