Methods for monitoring and controlling multiple microgrid systems

1 . A method for monitoring an electrical system including a first microgrid system and a second microgrid system, the method comprising:

transmitting, by a first energy control system, electronic data relating to the first microgrid system over a network to a computing device;

transmitting, by a second energy control system, electronic data relating to the second microgrid system over the network to the computing device;

calculating, by the computing device, a state of the electrical system based on the electronic data relating to the first microgrid system and the electronic data relating to the second microgrid system; and

causing synchronization, based on the electronic data, of each of the first microgrid system and the second microgrid system with a utility grid, wherein the synchronization includes synchronizing a phase of a power feed to each of the first microgrid system and the second microgrid system to split-phase AC that is compatible with the utility grid.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic data relating to the first microgrid system indicates a load consumption by a plurality of first loads and the electronic data relating to the second microgrid system indicates a load consumption by a plurality of second loads, and wherein the state of the electrical system indicates a total load consumption based on the load consumption by the plurality of first and second loads.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic data relating to the first microgrid system indicates a power output by a first photovoltaic (PV) power generation system and the electronic data relating to the second microgrid system indicates a power output by a second PV power generation system, and wherein the state of the electrical system indicates a total power output based on the power output of the first and second PV power generation systems.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic data relating to the first microgrid system indicates a current state of charge of a first energy storage system and the electronic data relating to the second microgrid system indicates a current state of charge of a second energy storage system, and wherein the state of the electrical system indicates a total state of charge based on the current state of charge of the first and second energy storage systems.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first energy control system is electrically coupled to a first feed circuit of a service panel electrically coupled to a utility grid, and the second energy control system is electrically coupled to the a second feed circuit of the service panel electrically coupled to the utility grid.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the first microgrid system includes a first PV power generation system electrically coupled to the first energy control system and a first energy storage system electrically coupled to the first energy control system.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the second microgrid system includes a second PV power generation system electrically coupled to the second energy control system and a second energy storage system electrically coupled to the second energy control system.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the computing device, electronic data indicating the state of the electrical system over the network to a user device.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the computing device includes a server, and the user device includes at least one of a smartphone, a tablet computer, and a personal computer.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the state of the electrical system includes at least one of:

a total load consumption based on a current load consumption of a plurality of first loads in the first microgrid system and a current load consumption of a plurality of second loads in the second microgrid system,

a total power output based on a current power output of a first PV power generation system in the first microgrid system and a current power output of a second PV power generation system in the second microgrid system, and

a total state of charge based on a current state of charge of a first energy storage system in the first microgrid system and a current state of charge of a second energy storage system in the second microgrid system.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by a user device, electronic data indicating the state of the electrical system from the computing device over the network.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

displaying, by the user device, the state of the electrical system and the electronic data relating to first and second microgrid systems.