There's a lot of potential for "smart grid" solutions to help here. But for it to work, we need to get the incentives right. I'm a big fan of Griddy, an electri

There's a lot of potential for "smart grid" solutions to help here. But for it to work, we need to get the incentives right. I'm a big fan of Griddy, an electricity provider in Texas that charges you 15-minute wholesale price for your power. If enough people are paying wholesale price, it creates incentives for smart appliances to time power consumption.