Communication module 310 also communicates with associated monitoring centers of controlled environments, such as monitoring center 130. Communication module 310 allows monitoring center 130 to manage and otherwise control operations of smart outlet 300 either through the powerline network associated with a smart outlet (e.g., through powerline module 312) or through wireless communications (e.g., network module 314). For example, communication module 310 responds to queries from monitoring center 130 with a unique identifier of smart outlet 300 (e.g., retrieved from memory 306) and transmits responses to monitoring center 130. As another example, communication module 310 communicates status information regarding operations (e.g., stored in memory 306) of smart power adapter 200 to monitoring center 130.