[Wuli]

I expect the “smart meters” will communicate both ways, in the new Orwelian U.K., making it possible for the gubernut to know your every minute of energy usage and to remotely control it, eventually.

[decimon]

I expect the “smart meters” will communicate both ways, in the new Orwelian U.K., making it possible for the gubernut to know your every minute of energy usage and to remotely control it, eventually.

See "demand management" in the fourth last paragraph.