PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a public power supply system enabling the safe use of power in a public place. SOLUTION: Receptacles 11 for receiving power from a distribution line 13 are installed in advance in a predetermined public place, and a communication terminal 32 for requesting a receptacle 11 to supply power is connected to a center server 31 via the Internet 33. When a user requests the center server 31 to supply power to the receptacle 11 via the Internet 33 by using the communication terminal 32, the center server 31 outputs a current supply command to a current control section 14 via a communication network (the Internet 29 or a telephone network 30). Upon receiving the current supply command, the current control section 14 permits conduction of the current supplied to the receptacle 11. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT