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Economy of Scope Key to Spread of Residential Energy Management

“Economy of scope” may be the thing that makes the residential connected grid work. Roy Perry of CableLabs uses this term to describe the idea that, thanks to a common IP infrastructure, multiple services help share the cost of infrastructure. In this video interview, he refers to a white paper he co-authored suggesting that a more efficient way to meet the energy savings of a smart-grid would be to focus on the low-hanging fruit.

As part of his proposal, he believes there needs to be for open APIs to utility back-offices and a cloud-based approach to facilitate the creation of an open market for energy management. Further, he suggests some interesting business models that might develop (think advertising), as ways to pay for some of the costs associated with implementing residential energy management.

For additional reading, please see this article in Screenplays Magazine

Note, this video was recorded as part of the Parks Associates' Smart Energy Summit.  

3 responses to “Economy of Scope Key to Spread of Residential Energy Management”

  1. […] Appearing at the recent Parks Associates Energy Summit in Austin, Texas, Roy Perry, director for strategic assessment at CableLabs, voiced optimism that viable business models could be found for independent (non-utility) residential energy management (iREM) services.“I’m a lot more bullish about the opportunity than I was before I came to the conference,” Perry said, noting that he had confirmed there are working solutions and products that can be sold today “that are ready for primetime.” (To view a ViodiTV video interview with Roy Perry, click here). […]

  2. […] Economy of Scope of Key to Residential Energy Management […]

  3. […] create a national market for Demand Response (DR) is needed, according to Roy Perry of Alarm.com.  Perry, formerly of Cable Labs, has been a thought-leader in looking at how to achieve energy efficiency goals in cost-effective ways (see this interview […]

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