Comments on: Smart grid device update http://knowledgeproblem.com/2009/06/30/smart-grid-device-update/ Commentary on Economics, Information and Human Action Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:51:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: D.O.U.G. http://knowledgeproblem.com/2009/06/30/smart-grid-device-update/#comment-8638 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:34:39 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=4860#comment-8638 The appearance of system-aware appliances give me another good hook to promote the idea of making dynamic pricing available all the way to the meter, at least for voluntary subscription. We, the (conventional, regulated) utility, don’t have to *do* anything other than make the price and the communication available. Demand-side load-shaping alternatives will present themselves under the control of the consumers, who can delegate that control to their appliances. We, the utility, won’t have to worry about whether the appliances pay for themselves, although we can actively promote them when/if they do, depending on what happens with prices in the future. The availability of such technologies will in fact create demand for the dynamic pricing that some of us (utilities) hesitate to provide.

]]> By: Fat Man http://knowledgeproblem.com/2009/06/30/smart-grid-device-update/#comment-8636 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:48:27 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=4860#comment-8636 My nightmare is that if we adopt smart grids, the Feds and the Greenies will use the technology to go around my house and turn off my HVAC, my television, and my lights, in order to spare the grid which no longer carries enough power because they have decreed my reliance on solar power (I live in a town with 72 clear days a year) and wind (class 1 wind around here).

I will fight back with UPS and a diesel generator.

How have things improved?

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