On Jan. 6, 2011, Chris King (president of eMeter Strategic Consulting) spoke on a panel at CES 2011 about consumer perspectives on the smart grid He outlines three types of consumers who might be early adopters of options created by the smart grid: frugal consumers, sustainability promoters, and technophiles.

1. The Smart Grid: Consumer Perspectives Chris King, President, eMeter Strategic Consulting Copyright © 2011 eMeter Corp. All rights reserved.

3. Usage by appliance, peer comparisons

4. Alerts (price changes, real-time)

5. Email, cell phone, computer

7. Energy efficiency, proactive price plan changes

8. “Set and forget” thermostats and appliances

9. Pay as you go

11. Lifestyle changes (residence, family)Slide1 Copyright © 2011 eMeter Corp. All rights reserved.

13. Annual price selection

15. Responsive appliances

16. Schedule to operate in parallel with wind and sun

18. Building mass, refrigeration, water heater

19. Electric vehiclesSlide2 Copyright © 2011 eMeter Corp. All rights reserved.

21. Peer comparisons and tweets

24. Increase use of renewable energy, electric vehicles, and other sustainable technologiesSlide3 Copyright © 2011 eMeter Corp. All rights reserved.

25. Smart Grid Technology and Standards Slide4 Copyright © 2011 eMeter Corp. All rights reserved. Authorized Third Party Utility Data Center Open ADE Internet Meter Data Mgmt Utility Billing & CIS Open ADE Utility Web Site Energy Information Application Smart Network Application Platform Internet Communication Network Head End Home Router WiFi Radio Smart Meter Communications Network HAN Device (e.g. Dryer) AMI Radio HAN Radio HAN Radio Appliance HAN Radio

27. The HAN standard is key to unleashing availability of smart appliances and devicesSlide5 Copyright © 2011 eMeter Corp. All rights reserved.