Power plants go virtual in the emerging energy cloud 

 The emerging energy cloud allows consumers to actively participate in the generation and distribution of electricity in strategic ways to achieve business models that benefit consumers, producers, and distributors of energy. When organized to help manage supply and demand across the grid, the energy cloud shares many characteristics with cloud computing.  

http://www.fiercesmartgrid.com/story/power-plants-go-virtual-emerging-energy-cloud/2014-07-09