Via The Houston Chronicle, a recap of one individual’s experiences with a smart meter. As with earlier posts on this subject, the conclusion is that – without an opportunity to act or transact – the meter becomes little more than an idle curiosity that quickly loses any clear association with utility. Smart markets anyone? As […]
Read more »Courtesy of Earth2Tech, an interesting report on the tepid uptake thus far of Google’s web-based energy tool, PowerMeter. As frequent visitors to this blog will note, we do not find these results surprising. After all, data and information without a purpose or use, rarely seems compelling to the consumers. Now if Google had a way […]
Read more »Courtesy of Triple Pundit, another look at smart meters and whether consumers take advantage of them. As frequent visitors to this blog know, we believe that smart meters are only going to be effective and utilized widely when there are transactive opportunities users can engage in, namely smart markets. As the article notes: “…Smart metering, […]
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