Power network management

A power network management system for managing distribution of electric energy to a multitude of power consumers by means of a power grid, the system comprising a plurality of software agents and a convergence unit. Each software agent is adapted to be connected to one of the power consumers and to exchange data with the power consumer, wherein each software agent is adapted to exchange data with the power consumer, and wherein the convergence unit is adapted to request and receive consumption-related data of the consumers, to estimate energy consumption needs of each of the consumers within a defined time period, to generate an optimized energy distribution plan for distributing available electric energy among the consumers, to generate consumption plan data for each of the consumers, and to provide the consumption plan data to the software agents of the consumers.