Smart meters have been undergoing a bit of a consumer backlash lately — and that could open the door for alternative ways to bring energy data to homeowners. Certainly the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the federal entity setting smart grid standards, seems to want to look for ways outside the smart meter to bring consumers and the smart grid closer together.
NIST is launching a new blog to open an industry dialogue around the “customer interface to the Smart Grid.”
via Count the Ways to Connect Consumers to the Smart Grid | Tech News From All Over The Net.
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- FCC Looks to Oversee Smart Grid Industry
