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* flexibility through information of residential energy use
* intelligent and flexible grids instead of linear distribution
* consumers become co-producers
* "energy literacy" goes up
* consumers have a greater influence on the amount of renewable energy used in Europe
== The Present: Obstacles to be adressed addressed ==
=== The economic dimension ===
* more efficiency through most systems still centralised* little investments into smart gridsgrid projects* flexibility through information energy market rules need to be newly defined* the roles of residential Distribution System Operators (DSOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs) need to be alternated and defined* energy usemarkets are often unpredictable* intelligent and flexible grids instead of linear distributionhow can affordable energy prices for consumers be ensured?* only large infrastructure programmes are funded at the moment
=== The societal dimension ===
* Energy illiteracy: In the current system, the user is a passive consumer, always dependent on utility companies, ignorant of how the energy system works
* currently costs outweigh benefits
* liberalisation of the energy market still ongoing
* will things be regulated on a national or transnational (European) level? (see energy meters)
* how are consumers motivated to become co-producers of energy?
* how is knowledge about grid possibilities spread to citizens?
* how can the public be involved in large-scale projects?
=== The technological dimension ===
* both electricity and information are exchangeddata protection: new risks for consumers as energy usage data is recorded* ensuring interoperability in smart power gridssecurity: grid system open to cyber attacks that could disable areas of the grid?* reporting energy usage reliability: is the grid going to increase efficiencybe reliable at all times?* data storage: huge sums of data will be recorded* are microgrids a possibility?
=== The environmental dimension ===
* pushing decarbonisation* Consumers more likely to install do renewable sources means of energy (e.g. solar panels)* consumers have a greater influence on the amount of renewable energy used in Europereally push smart grids?
== The Actors: Who is involved ==