portable energy storage units for residential and commercial use, namely, rechargeable batteries configured to receive energy from a power grid and store energy for later use locally and to return power to the power grid; plug and play energy storage units, namely, rechargeable batteries configured to receive energy from a power grid and store energy for later use locally and to return power to the power grid; energy usage monitors, namely, electronic devices, namely, energy meters for tracking and monitoring energy usage; appliances having energy storage capacity, namely, appliances including rechargeable batteries configured to receive energy from a power grid and store energy for later use locally and to return power to the power grid; scalable electrical energy storage units, namely, rechargeable batteries configured to receive energy from a power grid and store energy for later use locally and to return power to the power grid; communication system for communicating energy storage, energy usage, demand response, and energy storage system status between residential customers, industrial customers, energy service providers, and energy generation companies comprised of cloud and direct connected computer systems receiving energy storage, energy usage and demand response inputs and controlling the storage of energy from the energy grid and returning energy to the energy grid

portable energy storage units for residential and commercial use; plug and play energy storage units; energy usage monitors; appliances having energy storage capacity; scalable electrical energy storage units; communication system for communicating energy storage, energy usage, demand response, and energy storage system status between residential customers, industrial customers, energy service providers, and energy generation companies