Gene Wang, CEO of People Power, responds to this industry question: "What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?"

Getting timely whole home data from the utilities is still challenging.  Even though People Power has been active in Green Button, and our Chief Scientist John Teeter is now the Presidential Innovations Fellow driving Green Button initiatives for the White House, we still need to install after-market meter readers to easily get data.

Gene Wang is speaking at the Smart Energy Summit on Wednesday, February 19. He is part of the session, "Who Pays? New Ways to Monetize Home Controls." Other companies represented in this session include AlertMe and Ayla Networks.