An Alternative Smart Grid

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Michael Tobis • 0 Comments

An article at Azimuth by Todd McKissick has an interesting proposal on how to organize a smart grid. In addition to the economic and technical advantages listed, it occurs to me that there are psychological ones as well. Perhaps people would be less concerned about the smart grid if they considered it as their agent in a bidding game, as opposed to something imposed on them.

Filed Under: Beyond Planet Three
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