Given rising electricity consumption, coupled with finite
resources, and a growing awareness surrounding sustainable energy,
ICT-enabled electrical networks such as smart grids are
increasingly being deployed by energy companies. One aspect of
smart grids is smart meter technology (SMT), which are
sophisticated digital electrical meters, having the potential to
increase energy efficiency in both residential and industrial
sectors.
However, a challenge to SMT-implementation in residential
settings has been its successful adoption by consumers. As many
cases in the US, and other parts of the world highlight, such
implementation projects have run into resistance from the
consumers. Despite these challenges, little research has been
conducted on this topic.
This study is one of the first that attempts to fill that void
by empirically examining the antecedents of SMT adoption amongst
potential customers and a group of SMT users. Specifically, this
study developed a model surrounding consumers' intention to adopt
and use SMT, by drawing on theories of adoption and motivational
psychology and also by including a set of context-specific
variables.
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