(Metering International, Issue 2, 2007, pp. 76–77)
Demand response is topic number 1 at utility gatherings around the world. Many view universal interval metering, combined with real-time pricing, as the best possible answer to three separate but intersecting issues: Rising consumption; An ageing grid increasingly plagued with bottlenecks and outage-threatening congestion; Global warming exacerbated by emissions from power generation.
Grid efficiency, Demand response, Universal interval metering, Rising consumption, Outage-threatening congestion, Global warming
