Interesting. I spent several years at a small regional power company where we did some initial work on smart meters. That was probably 10 years ago and from what I understand they're still trying to get it all working on a large scale. Are you referring to something more than smart meters?
Yep -- I'm talking about ARM Cortex equipped internet connected boxes -- think residential solar, 5G rollout, small cells -- all on a genuine internet of power.
Power generators in the future are: 1) more numerous, 2) lower output, 3) more intermittent, 4) more democratized. Therefore communication is more important than it was in the 20th century monolithic model.
