Intelligent routing of electricity

A controller comprising one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable storage media embodying software coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more processors operable to execute the software to:

• determine whether to send electricity generated by one or more electricity-generating elements for producing electricity from a renewable energy source to an energy storage system, wherein the controller is conductively coupled to:
• a first conductive path leading from the one or more electricity generating elements;
• a second conductive path leading to a public utility network;
• and
• a third conductive path leading to the energy storage system, wherein the energy storage system is conductively coupled to a fourth conductive path leading to the public utility network, and wherein the processors are operable to execute the software to:
• determine whether an amount of electricity produced by the one or more electricity generating elements exceeds an electricity cap associated with the public utility network;
• when the amount of electricity produced by the one or more electricity-generating elements exceeds the electricity cap, then direct an amount of electricity less than or equal to the electricity cap to the public utility network over the second conductive path, and
• direct the remaining electricity produced by the one or more electricity-generating element to the energy storage system over the third conductive path;
• and
• when the amount of electricity produced by the one or more electricity-generating elements does not exceed the electricity cap, then determining, based on one or more priorities for distributing electricity and on a current or future rate of electricity, how much of the electricity produced by the one or more electricity-generating elements to direct to the public utility network over the first conductive path.

A method comprising:

• determining, by a controller comprising one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable storage media embodying software coupled to the one or more processors, whether an amount of electricity produced by one or more electricity-generating elements for producing electricity from a renewable energy source exceeds an electricity cap associated with a public utility network, wherein the controller is conductively coupled to:
• a first conductive path leading from the one or more electricity generating elements;
• a second conductive path leading to the public utility network;
• and
• a third conductive path leading to an energy storage system, wherein the energy storage system is conductively coupled to a fourth conductive path leading to the public utility network;
• when the amount of electricity produced by the one or more electricity-generating elements exceeds the electricity cap, then directing an amount of electricity less than or equal to the electricity cap to the public utility network over the second conductive path, and directing the remaining electricity produced by the one or more electricity-generating element to the energy storage system over the third conductive path;
• and
• when the amount of electricity produced by the one or more electricity-generating elements does not exceed the electricity cap, then determining, based on one or more priorities for distributing electricity and on a current or future rate of electricity, how much of the electricity produced by the one or more electricity-generating elements to direct to the public utility network over the first conductive path.