into an electrical system not shown some lighting 16 and other not shown loads are oversaturated with power at their rated output in other words power directed to the lighting load is more than the loads needs to operate at the required or rated output additional power is redundant as it does not generally produce more lumens the additional power may however produce more heat and limit the life of the lighting load significant cost savings can be accrued if the over saturating power e g that point where power exceed that which is just necessary to provide the stated output is controlled and eliminated upon turning on a lighting load such as a 600 lumen led or the like the system measures the lumens and communicates to the rc 14 that the led is at or near 600 lumens the rc then ramps down the over saturating power to the load while continually receiving status information from the sensor 24 at the point where the led drops in a significant way as will be described herein if the load is dimmable or simply at or slightly below the 600 lumens the rc stops ramping the power down the rc then if the load is dimmable ramps the power back up to just above the significant drop or simply back to 600 lumens if the load is not dimmable and if the power ramped down enough to lower the lumens below 600 lumens if the lighting load has a known output for instance the lumen output for a bulb is 700 lumens and the bulb is measured to be displaying more than 700 lumens by the sensor 24 then the rc simply directs the lighting load to produce.