The U.S. electric grid operates below 55% average net efficiency, representing a huge opportunity for improvement via optimization solutions and wide-scale deployment of smart algorithms for intelligent energy management.  Moreover, regulation, lawsuits, legislation, and budget constraints will stop 80%+ of new traditional energy generation construction projects while energy demand and consumption continues to rise. These problems are amplified by the rapid adoption of clean renewable energy sources, which while environmentally welcomed, pose new challenges due to their intermittency and distributed footprint.  The transition to clean energy sources and balancing energy supply with energy demand are key to the worldwide mandate to reduce greenhouse gases.