Let me understand this concept. The Smart Meter is so smart that it will know that I want to turn on the stove and cook dinner. It will know that the load that I just put in the washer needs to be washed, and sometime when I am sleeping and the washer goes off balance----it will know how to balance the load so that it can spin dry. And whenever in the AM, when it has succeeded in this endeavor, it will somehow get the clothes into the dryer, dry them (except for those it will remove when they are still a little damp to hang up to dry).
This is a lot of horse feathers. The smart meter is there only to reduce the load on the electrical grid so that the power company will not need to install additional power generating capacity to service the growing population. Oh, by the way the other benefit is that they will get a greater return on their dollar.
Hmmmm... how can we sell this?? Oh, lets use the time worn phrase "Saving the Planet" and say that we are producing a smaller carbon footprint. Ya!! That's it!!!
However, I do support the idea of making the thermostats easier to use. Then people would use them. I don't mean installing a PC and software to change the temperature. Just fix the thermostat. Remember the blinking time on the VCRs? Perfect example of poor engineering.
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