Providing subscription-based temporary use of non-downloadable cloud-based software for the monitoring of energy consumption, energy revenue, energy costs, energy savings; providing predictive analytics of energy load and price forecasting through real time artificial intelligence and machine learning driven recommendations; providing energy efficiency and sustainability focused reporting; allowing optimization of distributed energy resources (e.g. solar, battery storage, electric vehicles, heating and cooling), enabling grid services (e.g. demand response and participation in capacity markets)