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Electricity Doesn't Drive Customer Action; Innovation In The Connected Home Could

"Residential customers today see energy as a necessary expense, and while 62 percent of U.S. broadband households strongly believe that saving energy and lowering utility bills are important, getting them to pay for these benefits has proven difficult," said Eddie Accomando, research analyst, Parks Associates. "Electricity does not currently drive customer action, but as the process of energy production changes through DR, solar, and storage innovations, energy management will become a much more significant value-added service within the connected home."

From the article "Electricity Doesn't Drive Customer Action; Innovation In The Connected Home Could" by Barbara Vergetis Lundin.

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