Is There a Case for Broadband Utility Communications Networks? Valuing and Pricing Incremental Communications Capacity on Electric Utility Smart Grid Networks

摘要

Analysis of the potential for selling non-utility uses ofbroadband capability constructed in conjunction withSmart Grid/AMI deserves careful consideration. Theseservices can be provided in a manner that neither createsunfair competition nor results in cross-subsidization ofunregulated services by regulated services