On 5/29/2011 8:04 PM, Home Guy wrote:
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How would you justify the infrastructure costs needed to supply such a
paltry service such that demand metering is needed?

On the basis that it the assertion that it's not generation but
transmission only that matters--it's both.

Given the restrictions on new generation facilities and tightening
regulation on existing, if there's any growth in demand there's getting
to be nowhere from which to get it.

Applying demand metering shifts (or at least increases) the interest of
the user that previously hasn't ever cared by the only really effective
behavior-changing device--the pocketbook.

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