9 Apparatus and instruments for monitoring and controlling energy generation, transformation, distribution, and storage, namely, data aggregators, computers, inverters, storage devices, transformers, meters, reclosers, real time automation controllers, weather stations, electrical vehicle charging stations, and wind energy generation equipment; Apparatus and instruments for monitoring and controlling energy generation, transformation, distribution, and storage at facilities and aggregates of those facilities, namely, data aggregators, computers, inverters, storage devices, transformers, meters, reclosers, real time automation controllers, weather stations, electrical vehicle charging stations, and wind energy generation equipment; Electric control devices for solar power generation systems that monitor generation of system and control output of solar inverters; Electric control devices for integration and control of electric power generation sources that monitor the output of the system, monitor the integration with the grid, and allow control of the output and characteristics of the energy generated; Electric control devices for microgrids that monitor all resources on the microgrid and control and dispatch the microgrid to create a specific output profile; Electric control devices for aggregating power generated from microgrids; Electric controllers comprising computers, meters, reclosers, and real time automation controller hardware and downloadable software for use in the field of renewable energy generation and storage for monitoring and controlling the function and status of microgrids; Equipment for operating a microgrid, namely, computers, meters, reclosers, and real time automation controller and downloadable software for monitoring and controlling operation of microgrids; Electric control devices for integration and control of energy storage sources; Electric control devices for integration with energy markets.