Dispatchable Plug-In Power Canopy Appliance for Virtual Power Plant Integration and Community Choice Aggregation

A method for powering a premise electrically, comprising:

• providing a free-standing electricity generating appliance having a frame in a rectangular aspect with a length a width and a height providing a carport, the appliance having four corner posts, two forward and two rear, upper cross-members joining the corner posts, solar panels joined to individual ones of the upper cross-members, and circuitry and wiring interconnecting the solar panels;
• connecting the interconnected inverter of the free-standing electricity generating appliance to a Microgrid Interconnect Device (MID) ;
• connecting one or more storage batteries by connectors to the inverter through remotely-operable switches;
• connecting output of the inverter to a local breaker panel through a breaker, to a local electric grid through a main breaker with a MID and a two-way meter, and to loads of a local premise through breakers;
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• establishing communication between the inverter and an Internet connected server executing software and coupled to a data repository, hosted by a service configured to enter into agreements regarding power generation by the free-standing electricity generating appliance, the Internet-connected server coupled through the Internet network to the inverter, such that the Internet-connected server is enabled to manage the inverter and storage battery combination according to an existing agreement, controlling the remotely operable switches and the output voltage of the inverter to flow current through the two-way meter into the local grid.