GreenBeat 2009: Consumers and Efficiency (Video)

November 25, 2009

Perhaps the most popular business related to the Super Grid, consumer-facing energy management tools — designed to tell people how much power they are using and how much it is costing them — have taken off. Some say its a bubble ripe for consolidation and high failure rates, but others see room for opportunity. We’re taking a broader approach to consumer efficiency, highlighting household monitor makers, as well as commercial demand response providers.

Energy used to be a one-way street. Today, it’s becoming a bi-directional superhighway with utility customers finally taking charge of their power use and how much they pay for it. Instead of drilling into short-term IT issues and arcane arm-chair politicking involved in this shift, GreenBeat 2009 maps out the hottest business and technology opportunities the Smart Grid has to offer.