Comments on: Telecom Industry Lessons for Electric Utilities Part 2 http://www.smartgridlibrary.com/2010/01/25/telecom-industry-lessons-for-electric-utilities-part-2/ Information Generation | Transmission | Distribution Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:01:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Michael Elling http://www.smartgridlibrary.com/2010/01/25/telecom-industry-lessons-for-electric-utilities-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-833 Michael Elling Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:40:13 +0000 http://www.smartgridlibrary.com/?p=373#comment-833 Christine, The utility meter = the 5E switch. All-in edge CPE for smart gride/HEM must be $250-500, not $500-1000 to generate high penetration and high ROI. Need to find ways to bypass the institutionally rigid "analog" vendor/utility mind-set and develop more open, "digital" models. I've done a ton of work on price elasticity in the telecoms sector. It can work with electricity; particularly with EV and co-generation opportunities abundant in the next 10-20 years. Best, Michael Christine,

The utility meter = the 5E switch.

All-in edge CPE for smart gride/HEM must be $250-500, not $500-1000 to generate high penetration and high ROI.

Need to find ways to bypass the institutionally rigid “analog” vendor/utility mind-set and develop more open, “digital” models.

I’ve done a ton of work on price elasticity in the telecoms sector. It can work with electricity; particularly with EV and co-generation opportunities abundant in the next 10-20 years.

Best,
Michael

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