ELECTRIC POWER INPUT AND OUTPUT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND SERVER AND POWER DISTRIBUTION PANEL FOR THE SAME

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide means capable of minimizing the cost of electric power consumption for power consumers utilizing such power supply sources as photovoltaic power generating apparatuses and storage batteries.SOLUTION: A home server 16 predicts the amount of power to be generated by a photovoltaic power generating apparatus 14 and the amount of power to be consumed by consumer electronics and the like connected to a power distribution path 15, on the basis of prediction values about ambient temperature, amount of sunlight, and the like obtained from a weather data providing server 18 via a public server 17, and specifies the electric power consumption pattern that effects minimizing electricity charges. A power distribution panel 11 includes: a plurality of input terminals for accepting electric power supply from each of a commercial power generator 12, a storage battery 13, and the photovoltaic power generating apparatus 14; a plurality of output terminals for supplying electric power to each of the commercial power generator 12, the storage battery 13, the photovoltaic power generating apparatus 14, and the power distribution path 15; and a group of switches for opening or closing the connection between the plurality of input and output terminals. The power distribution panel 11 opens and closes the group of switches to implement a preferable electric power consumption pattern specified by the home server 16.