Regulators outmaneuvered by utilities, NJ edition: When selling AMI, PSE&G cheerfully agrees to provide 15-minute usage data. But when it comes time to deliver, PSE&G says many of its meters can't do it, and it would cost a small fortune. This is why we can't have VPPs!

At today's Iowa hearing on aggregations and data sharing, public interest stakeholders point out that customers are already paying for smart meters, yet they can't use their meter information to participate at MISO.

Competitive neutrality between utility offerings and the market: California edition Here's PG&E revealing that their program is the least arduous due to their captive customer base. Regulators need to enforce neutrality, or else ban utilities from selling such services.