a method and apparatus for distributing control of multiple engines amongst the engines in a power generation system that has a central controller , comprises the steps of : receiving aboard each engine from the central controller a control signal representative of a desired fuel flow ; metering fuel at a fuel metering point aboard each engine ; sensing at least one parameter aboard each engine proximate the fuel metering point that is representative of fuel flow ; adjusting the fuel metering aboard each engine to cause the sensed parameter to correlate to the desired fuel flow ; and transmitting a monitoring signal from each engine to the central controller that is representative of the adjusted fuel metering .