Today on Volts: US homes are about to be flooded with "smart" devices that communicate with the grid. Will they all speak the same language? A new industry consortium is attempting to establish shared standards on the front end, to avoid bricked devices & frustrated customers on the back end.

Maintaining grid reliability is part of ensuring affordability, per FERC's Rosner. “An unreliable grid is full stop unaffordable because none of our economy works without access to electricity."