an automated system for providing different services within a house includes an appliance coordination data network for communicating relatively low speed appliance digital data within a house , a high capacity data network for transferring high speed digital data within the house , an energy distribution system for distributing energy throughout the house , an analog services distribution system for distributing conventional analog signals throughout the house and a video services distribution network for distributing video services throughout the house . the appliance coordination network interfaces with the energy distribution system to control the flow of energy to appliances throughout the house responsive to a digital request or interrogation signal that is emitted from the appliance itself .