GreenBeat2009-- The Conference on the Grid San Mateo Nov 19th

"Utilities are like the show V—visitors to the world (of business and entrepreneurship). You can’t just 'suss them out'."
~ Jesse Berst, Smart Grid News Executive Editor

"The Solar roof top is the PC of the electric industry. The Electric vehicle is the laptop."
~ Andres Carvallo, Austin Energy CIO

"2/3rds of our economy is based on electricity (up from 40%) and growing as we add transportation."
~ Jesse Berst, Smart Grid News Executive Editor

"Every utility will have its own version of the iTunes Appstore (for energy tools)"
~ Andres Carvallo, Austin Energy CIO

"Smart Grid is a journey that will be 20+ years in the making."
~ Paul De Martini, SC Edison VP of Advanced Technology

"There are Prius users with Humvee houses—it is a huge value (though horrifying) to consumers to find out their house is a Humvee."
~ Daniel Yates, OPOWER CEO

"We are trying to build a scalable interface (for energy information) that hundreds of millions can access. This is all about scale."
~ Ed Lu, Google

"The cheapest kwh is the one avoided."
~ Jack Robertson, Consert

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