Comments on: What the Smart Grid Can Learn From the Internet http://gigaom.com/2009/04/30/what-the-smart-grid-can-learn-from-the-internet/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:19:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chano Gomez http://gigaom.com/2009/04/30/what-the-smart-grid-can-learn-from-the-internet/#comment-209626 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:10:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=47801#comment-209626 Reusing TCP/IP technology in the new Smart Grid is critical to ensure that we have a healthy ecosystem of vendors competing for the market and that utilities and consumers are not locked with proprietary control systems.

Even if security is a key concern, the IETF has developed a good set of protocols that provide good security if properly deployed. With security protocols correctly implemented, having open APIs should not be a problem.

For an example of how to bring TCP/IP technology to the Smart Grid, see http://blog.ds2.es/ds2blog/2009/04/bringing-ip-technology-to-the-smart-grid.html

]]> By: Mark - Web HVAC http://gigaom.com/2009/04/30/what-the-smart-grid-can-learn-from-the-internet/#comment-209625 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:08:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=47801#comment-209625 They just introduced the smart grid here in Charlotte NC. At this point, its only available to a small subset of residents and the rest have to wait several years to see if it will work for them. It sounds to me like there is a good middle-market in here for a third party to provide a snap-in for home use, to allow consumers to monitor their own power usage, and simply post the data to the web.

Mark

]]> By: Richard Farleigh http://gigaom.com/2009/04/30/what-the-smart-grid-can-learn-from-the-internet/#comment-209624 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:53:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=47801#comment-209624 Not too sure about open APIs.. security is a big concern with these infrastructures.

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