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Wattvision sounds cool, but I'd be worried about their business model since PG&E are replacing their meters with digital ones that report back to PG&E. I seem t
by lutorm 18y ago
Wattvision sounds cool, but I'd be worried about their business model since PG&E are replacing their meters with digital ones that report back to PG&E. I seem to remember hearing that they are rolling out a similar service, too.
- gojomo 18y agoAny startup should consider itself blessed to compete with PG&E. (And if Wattvision's tech is superior, the big utilities are far more likely to become customers than competitors.)
- enjo 18y agoThere is also existing competition that does some REALLY cool things (like Tendril, http://www.tendrilinc.com/ http://www.tendrilinc.com/)
- lutorm 18y agoWhy would that be a blessing? If PG&E comes and puts in a digital meter for which their little gadget doesn't work, they're back to page 0.
- gojomo 18y agoPG&E is a big, slow, regulated utility unlikely to rush in executing anything. And even if PG&E did rush to digitize, that would only mean more pressure on other utilities (even in other markets) to adopt a cheap ready-to-go solution, and more opportunities for software innovations that can take the data from any source (digicam or utilityco meter).