Re: Automatic power metering - existing products and new functions

This would be added to each home. Today the meter readings are
collected manually. The new equipment I'm talking about is not just for
the sole purpose of invoicing power consumption, but also adding
functionality such as remote control, burglar alarms, telephony, high
speed internet etc. Imagine inside a private home there's a burglar
alarm already installed by another company (with known function). The
power company has the communications infrastructure that makes it
possible to interact with the burglar alarm from a remote location, if
only there was an easy way of connecting the two together. This is just
one example, and not a particularly good one, but I think you can
appreciate why I don't want to reveal too much of my plans to the
public. The thing I am interested in is the interface, and if there
already is something out there that I can use, it would save a lot of
development costs - and time.

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