Apparatus and method for controlling consumer loads at portable microgrid

A system for managing electrical energy generated by a renewable microgrid, the system comprising:

• an energy management system (EMS) having one or more processors operatively coupled to a memory, the EMS configured to determine a first time period when a first energy consumption of a first consumer load is predicted to exceed a maximum energy limit for the first consumer load,
• the EMS further configured to determine a second time period when a second energy consumption of the first consumer load is predicted to be below the maximum energy limit for the first consumer load;
• and
• an active meter configured to be coupled to the EMS and the first consumer load, the active meter configured to at least one of (1) reduce energy flow to the first consumer load during at least a portion of the first time period, or (2) send energy flow to the first consumer load during at least a portion of the second time period.

A method for managing electrical energy generated by a renewable microgrid, the method comprising:

• determining a first time period when a first energy consumption of a first consumer load is predicted to exceed a maximum energy limit for the first consumer load;
• determining a second time period when a second energy consumption of the first consumer load is predicted to be below the maximum energy limit for the first consumer load;
• and
• causing an active meter coupled to the first consumer load to at least one of (1) reduce energy flow to the first consumer load during at least a portion of the first time period, or (2) send energy flow from the first consumer load during at least a portion of the second time period.