Monopolistic Utility Companies Suppress the Use of Customer Data

On this episode of the Building Local Power Podcast, John Farrell, Co-Director of ILSR, is joined by Michael Murray, President of Mission Data. Mission Data is a national coalition of innovative technology companies that empower consumers to access their own energy usage data. John and Michael discuss how structural market problems prevent consumers from accessing electricity data, how monopoly utilities are exploiting smart meter data, and possible solutions for utilities to create a more decentralized energy system.