Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers sees the utility owning and controlling solar panels and energy management systems in customers’ homes.

Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy, wants to own every piece of the smart grid, all the way down to the energy portals in customers' homes and the solar panels on their roofs.

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Most other North American utilities have chosen smart meters that use wireless-based technologies (see RF Mesh, ZigBee Top North American Utilities' Smart Meter Wish Lists).

Duke isn't eschewing the wireless route. It has worked with Echelon, as well as smart grid communications startup Ambient, on designing a smart meter system that can be adapted to multiple communications modes.

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