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For some devices, PEP alone or in combination with ACPI device power management can be used.

Power Engine Plugin (PEP)

The Power Engine Plugin (PEP) provides interfaces for platform power management including device power management (DPM), processor power management (PPM), and ACPI runtime methods.

PEP allows implementing ACPI runtime methods natively via a Windows driver rather than firmware (AML)

ACPI Defined Devices

  • Lid Device

  • Control method battery device

  • Thermal zones

  • Control method time and alarm device

Windows ACPI drive

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/kernel/acpi-driver