The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has launched a public forum to solicit comments on the nation’s evolving smart electric power grid — specifically the size, shape and requirements of a consumer interface with the smart grid.

According to the OSTP, the Executive Branch wants to know options: all the possibilities available to consumers interfacing with a smart grid that can provide enough information for choice, control and optimization of energy use.

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