Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. GRID CONNECTED SEQUENCE OF OPERATION: PROVIDE CLOUD-BASED SERVICE INTEGRATED FOR DISPATCH OF DERS FOR ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION (I.E., TO MAXIMIZE RETURN ON INVESTMENT) WITH ALGORITHMS THAT UTILIZE MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; CAPABLE OF RUNNING MULTIPLE USE CASES SIMULTANEOUSLY. 1. REMOTE MONITORING, FORECASTING, AND DATA STORAGE: SUPPORT MONITORING OF POWER, ENERGY, AND PRODUCTION INFORMATION FOR EACH DER USING WEB-BASED INTERFACE 2. TARIFF MANAGEMENT: CONTROL DERS (CONSUME/PRODUCE/STORE ENERGY) ACCORDING TO VARIABLE ELECTRICITY TARIFF RATE (E.G., TIME-OF-USE RATES). 3. DEMAND CHARGE REDUCTION (PEAK SHAVING): CONTROL DERS (CONSUME/PRODUCE/STORE ENERGY) TO REDUCE PEAK CONSUMPTION AND RESULTING CHARGES FROM UTILITY. 4. SELF-CONSUMPTION: CONTROL ENERGY STORAGE TO MAXIMIZE ENERGY CONSUMED AND CHARGED DIRECTLY FROM SOLAR SOURCES. 5. DEMAND RESPONSE: CONTROL DERS TO PARTICIPATE IN UTILITY OR ISO PROGRAMS. 6. OFF GRID PREPARATION (STORM HARDENING): CONTROL DERS TO PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGE EVENTS (E.G., DUE TO STORMS). 7. MICROGRID CONTROLLER PROVIDER TO REMOTELY MONITOR AND ADJUST SYSTEM CONTROL ALGORITHMS TO OPTIMIZE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMICS FOR 1 YEAR AFTER SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION. B. GRID DISCONNECTED (MICROGRID) SEQUENCE OF OPERATION: 1. SERVICE SIDE ISLANDING SWITCH WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY-CONTROLLED. WHEN GRID POWER IS LOST, ISLANDING SWITCH WILL AUTOMATICALLY OPEN. WHEN GRID POWER IS AVAILABLE IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE. 2. BESS INVERTER TO MONITOR THE SERVICE SIDE ISLANDING TRANSFER SWITCH SO THAT BESS INVERTER WILL OPERATE IN THE CORRECT MODE BASED ON SWITCH POSITION. A. WHEN UTILITY POWER IS PRESENT BESS WILL OPERATE IN A GRID FOLLOWING MODE. B. WHEN UTILITY POWER IS NOT PRESENT BESS WILL OPERATE IN A GRID FORMING MODE. 3. ISLANDING MODE SHALL ALSO BE ABLE TO INITIATE BY OPERATOR COMMAND (MANUAL MICROGRID) FOR TESTING AND CONTROLS LOSS OF COMMUNICATION CASES. 4. BESS INVERTER TO COMMUNICATE TO BAS IF SYSTEM IS GRID CONNECTED OR ISLANDED 5. DURING GRID OUTAGE, BESS INVERTER SHALL DETECT LOSS OF GRID POWER AND OPEN ISLANDING SWITCH, AND OPERATE IN ISLAND MODE.