  This work studies how the communication network between proactive consumers
affects the power utilization and fairness in a simplified direct-current
micro-grid model, composed by three coupled layers: physical (an electric
circuit that represents a micro-grid), communication (a peer-to-peer network
within the micro-grid) and regulatory (individual decision strategies). Our
results show that, for optimal power utilization and fairness, a global
knowledge about the system is needed, demonstrating the importance of a
micro-grid aggregator to inform about the power consumption for different time
periods.
