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Michael Giberson<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Accenture, 46 percent of consumers surveyed said they didn’t want smart grid-based energy management systems if it leads to higher electricity bills. \u00a0My guess is that the other 54 percent of consumers didn’t understand the question. \u00a0The summary distributed by Accenture<\/a> contains several other bits of should-be-obvious information – consumers are concerned about data privacy, consumers want to be compensated if utilities can remotely turn off appliances, consumers want to be able to locally reverse remote utility cut-off instructions – but even as many of the results seem obvious, it still adds up to some more-than-obvious insight into what consumers want. The FT Energy Source<\/a><\/em> blog also comments on the report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the Searching for Insight<\/em> blog, Gary Hunt offers a consumer’s perspective on smart grid developments informed by years working in energy and information technology businesses. \u00a0See his:<\/p>\n