More telecommunications companies are offering energy management systems for their customers' homes. Some home energy startups believe telcos could rival utilities as a market channel, particularly in the early stages of the still-nascent industry.

For some home energy management startups, the way into customers' homes lies not through the utility smart meter, but through the TV, phone and internet services offered by telecommunications providers.

Or maybe both.

Take OpenPeak, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based maker of touch screen and voice-over internet protocol (VOIP) devices sold through telcos including Verizon in the United States and Telefonica subsidiary O2 in the United Kingdom.

Now it has added energy management to the applications it hosts on its devices. While OpenPeak is making a big push to have utilities deploy the devices for customers, it's also working with telecommunications companies, though CEO Dan Gittleman wouldn't say just which ones.

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