On Dec 15, 10:31*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
"[WASHINGTON] Millions of households across America are taking a first step
into the world of the "smart grid," as their power companies install meters
that can tell them how much electricity they are using hour by hour - and
sometimes, appliance by appliance. But not everyone is happy about it."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/us...ef=instapundit

Seems to me to be similar to the mystery pricing adopted by the big
oil companies. No one has any really clear reason why gas prices go up
20 cents or more in one day and down 10 cents the next. The oil
companies say the prices are set by traders in the market (who don't
even own the product). Another case of pointing the finger at the
phantom world of financial derivatives?

Joe