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PUR Guide 2012 Fully Updated Version

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Technology for the Masses

The consumer-centric smart grid and its challenge for regulators.

Charles J. Cicchetti and Philip Mause

Federal and state regulators play a critical role in the evolution of the smart grid. Lawmakers face a host of questions, from deciding who owns consumer data and how it can be used, to defining a new range of regulated and unregulated utility services and applications. How much regulation will be needed to manage the transformation to a smart grid? And how much regulation will be too much?