A few interesting articles on consumer engagement as it it pertains to electricity smart meters today. However, while reading the first – titled “Electricity: The New Math” – it struck us once again that many of the so-called ‘smart meters’ are purely just digital meters with a more relevant, easy to read, interface. While helpful, […]
Read more »Two very interesting articles about smart meter initiatives in California and how the smart grid may unfold. As we’ve talked about many times before and what these authors note in eloquent style is that the consumer focus continues to be missing in many of these deployments and strategy discussions, an absence which – from our […]
Read more »Courtesy of Wired, an interesting look at the explicit link Finland’s plan to connect smart meters and homeowners to social networks, ushering in an unprecedented, community-based grid dynamic. We have long advocated a more consumer-oriented, transactive smart grid so we will watch closely how this initiative – using a combination of smart meters, social networks […]
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