PowerWise is a smart energy management platform designed to help homeowners and small businesses mitigate rising climate-related costs by optimizing their clean energy assets. Inspired by the “Hidden Costs of Climate Change Fueling Affordability Crisis” and the concept of EVs as distributed power plants (like the Ford F-150 Lightning), this platform integrates solar panels, EV charging, and battery storage systems. It uses AI to intelligently manage energy consumption, storage, and discharge based on real-time electricity prices, weather forecasts, and grid demand. PowerWise enables users to reduce their utility bills, participate in virtual power plant (VPP) programs to earn incentives, and enhance energy resilience during outages, turning their clean energy investments into a financial asset.