Joseph Franz, Strategic Channel Partnership Development at Constellation, 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?"

Most challenging issue is the lack of value that utilities attribute to residential energy management. A few utilities like Con-Ed have launched programs that capture the value that residential energy management can deliver tothe distribution grid, however, most utilities have not gone done that path. 

Joseph Franz will be speaking at the Smart Energy Summit on Wednesday, February 19. He is part of the session, "Energy Management Capabilities of Smart Home Systems and Connected Products." Other companies represented in this session include Aeris Communications, NETGEAR, Smartenit, and SmartThings.