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I have primary responsiblity for, among other things, networking for an electric utility company. I'm sure everyone has heard of the "smart meters" that similar

I have primary responsiblity for, among other things, networking for an electric utility company. I'm sure everyone has heard of the "smart meters" that similar companies are deploying. I don't know I'd go as far as to call it a/the "killer app" but these "smart meters" have completely changed how this company operates day-to-day. In addition, I live in the midwest and we've had some pretty good winter storms in the last month or two. One of the biggest things, I think, is that the MTTR electric service to their customers (during/after such a storm and widespread outage) has dropped to a level that they had never before experienced.

mlwarren 13y ago
I work for a smart metering company and I can confirm that there are a lot of interesting developments in this space. In addition to the meter itself and the functions the meter can do (automatic reporting, disconnects, connects, etc) I think the possibility for incentivized home automation will be a big driver in the internet of things. Some consumers may be interested in throttling their power when load is high on the grid for environmental or cost saving reasons. When the utility provides a monetary incentive for the customer to throttle their AC or turn off their pool pump during periods of high load a lot more people suddenly get interested.