Smart Utilities: Can the Smart Grid Market Explode without Full Interoperability?

摘要

As of June 2011, more than 5 million smart meters had been installed in the United States as part of federal stimulus-funded efforts to accelerate modernization of the nation's electric grid. Today, according to the Department of Energy, every cent of the US$813 million in federal stimulus funds dedicated to advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has been spent on - or has been committed to - smart meter installations.