Providing incentive award programs to utility customers to reduce energy consumption during times of stress on the energy grid; promoting energy efficiency through programs for utility customers to reduce energy consumption during times of stress on the energy grid; providing incentive award programs to utility customers to allow remote modulation of energy consumption and energy export during times of stress on the energy grid; promoting energy efficiency through remote modulation of energy consumption and energy export during times of stress on the energy grid; providing incentive award programs to utility customers to participate in a virtual power plant program; providing incentive award programs to utility customers to participate in a distributed energy resource program; energy usage management services, namely, managing the energy consumption and energy export of distributed energy resources; energy usage management services, namely, remote modulation of energy consumption and energy export on the energy grid; energy usage management services, namely, remote management of device settings to modulate energy consumption and energy export on the energy grid