Perspective

"You’ve got a little bit more upfront costs for some of these technologies because they’re higher end, but twenty years down the road, we see this being standard in most homes."

"Homeowners agreed to allow their data to be collected and they participate in various experiments, programs, and processes."

"You’ve got to decide what are the priorities, and how do we implement it in a way that’s affordable and helpful to the neighborhood."

AEP, Battelle, Ohio State University and Smart Columbus took over a chunk of the cavernous Columbus convention center for a couple of days in May.

"The Smart Columbus component was important because our population is forecasted to increase by a million people by 2050."

"Our application was built on two philosophies. One is you can’t be a smart city working alone and the second was to think holistically about our approach to becoming smart."

"Residents of Columbus can come and try out an electric vehicle with an EV expert without a sales pitch of a dealership and see how great it is."

"If the smart technologies, transportation, and applications could work in a place like Columbus, you could scale it around the country."

Interviews with the Commissioners and Staff at the Indiana URC.

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