Most consumers haven't got a clue as to what is really consuming the electricity that they use. Instead of focusing on smart meters I'd find it a lot more useful if electrical panels were required to have current transformers built into them on all of the branch circuits. Graph the consumption info from each branch on the family TV. The hard part is figuring out the right place to work on reducing your usage.
In this model you don't need a smart meter. Use the panel info combined with pricing data loaded from the Internet or transmitted in the data space of local TV signals. These new TVs/settop boxes with widget capability can eliminate the need for a PC and Internet connection.
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