Future Outlook for Residential Energy Management

Conduct a market study, an adjunct to a main study, within SCE service territory to understand significant developments and trends in the Connected Home market by investigating consumer and manufacturers attitudes towards residential energy management in a connected home. A connected home can consist of distinct platforms or components that run independently within a home “ecosystem”. With the advancements in technology consumers will purchase and connect more and more devices in their homes to suit their practical needs. In the end, all devices or connections will constitute a building block infrastructure of a connected home.

Southern California Edison (SCE) is interested in understanding residential customer interest in a number of smart grid-related products and services as well as the opportunities and barriers for smart grid products and services from the perspectives of manufacturers and members of the supply chain. SCE retained Zanthus, an independent market research consulting firm, to conduct a twopronged research study including a web survey among residential customers, and twelve indepth telephone interviews among industry decision-makers and thought-leaders.