What Kinds of Software is Needed By Smart Meters?
Smart meters will enable real time energy decisions in response to current conditions. They form a critical cornerstone of the smart grid. In fact, in many ways, they are the “smart” in the smart grid. This opens up a whole slew of new opportunities for smart software developers and smart entrepreneurs [no pun intended] to build the software applications and services to support and to add value to these new smart networked grids. Want to read more on the smart grid check out ” The Green Economy Will Need a Smart Grid…and Building it will be Big Business” , which examines the critical glue of our nations future energy economy from a broader perspective. This software, and these networked exposed services, will include embedded controllers ranging from network nodes inside utility operated sub-stations, to those embedded in large institutional and industrial consumers internal energy management systems. Eventually, as smart appliances are manufactured controllers will be used for all man
