In message <[email protected]> Ray Hunter writes: > > The example of electric meters is a trivial one but the same can > > apply to other things. > > I can assure you that the requirements and IT issues surrounding smart > electric meters are far from "trivial." > > You talk about "the electric company" being singular and monolithic. In > reality there are many separate parties with interests in obtaining > access to that data and controlling that meter (the home owner, multiple > production/ delivery companies, meter data management company, meter > management company, high voltage distribution company, medium voltage > distribution company, regulators, micro generation .... ) That can add > up to 15 different roles, and many different message types. > > See e.g. /EBSII White Paper: "Smart European Energy Architecture" > > or > > http://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CC0QFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.esmig.eu%2Fnewsstor%2Fnews-file-store%2FEU-MeteringV4.pdf%2Fat_download%2Ffile&rct=j&q=EBSII%20White%20Paper%3A%20%E2%80%9CSmart%20European%20Energy%20Architecture%E2%80%9D&ei=JZ-STvnTLMmg-wbm6qHTCg&usg=AFQjCNGpFWhNfa1HeBA24wlVPwLEFB0T6A&sig2=CT0FCDXVmniyxMoSup9SPw&cad=rja > > > regards, > RayH
OK - modify that statement to: The example *as stated* of electric meters is a trivial one but the same can apply to other things. *However never underestimate an industry's ability to make a simple problem highly complex*. :-) Either way the mess the electrical industry is making for itself is out of scope here. Curtis _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet
