Nontechnical customers need a simple way to control energy consumption and production, and to exchange power usage
data at the proper level of granularity with energy providers or distributors.From the point of view of market acceptance and penetration, the last-meter smart grid is just one aspect of the broader concept of smart home and smart buildings. The consequence of this consideration is that one can hardly imagine a situation in which the consumer side of the smart grid and
other smart home applications rely on different and separate infrastructures or platforms.