ABC On-line is speaking of new power meters in Canberra, that measures power useage in intervals, rather than in bulk. In this new age of de-regualtion of power, this will enable your power provider to tailor a plan that best suits your power needs, and no doubt will also screw you at the times when you need it the most.
Good idea, but it opens the floodgates for a raft of regulatory checks and balances built to demoralise, depress and defeat that most ardant of independant spirits.