Markey wants to move 'from iPhones to iFridges'

By Matt Viser - Markey’s legislation, called the Electricity Consumers’ Right to Know Act (or e-KNOW), would allow consumers to track their use of electricity for free and in real time by being connected to data from utility companies using mobile devices. That technology would only be useful, though, if broadband access becomes more widespread.

It could mean allowing consumers to turn...