The Press-Enterprise, August 31, 2010 by Alicia Robinson
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Steven Weissman, associate director of the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment at UC Berkeley School of Law, said customers have expressed concerns about whether their data could be stolen or misused, and whether utilities would exert control over how customers use power—for example, remotely shutting off an air conditioning unit.