Utilities are too top-down, command and control - 0 views
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Energy Net on 29 Nov 08Utilities are top-down. Whenever I talk to utilities about Smart Grids and Smart Meters they always trot out the same speech. They want to use Demand Response for peak shaving and they want to implement it by having a mechanism whereby they can come in to their customer's houses at times of maximum demand and turn down the settings on the aircon, immersion heater, etc. Unfortunately this kind of traditional top-down, command and control attitude is more likely to turn people off Demand Response programs than to sell it to them.