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Joel Hicks is a visiting assistant professor in the University of Oregon’s School of Planning, Public Policy and Management.
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Electricity demand in the United States is rising at its fastest sustained pace in decades, utilities are seeking billions for grid upgrades and households are being asked to charge electric vehicles differently, shift appliance use and respond to dynamic rates.
But most consumers still cannot easily see their own electricity use in real time. That is no longer just a transparency problem. It is a consumer-protection and grid-governance failure.
