Today, the responsibilities of energy-producing firms cannot stop at creating the power and sending it out over the grid. They must also cover the steps after the electricity passes the meter of each consumer. "The power company must also concern itself with how the consumers use electricity, and they must oversee the efficiency of that use," concludes Zheng Chinlong of the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research.
今天發電單位的任務，不應只停留在將電送到用戶手中之前的發電、輸配電工作，對於電表計費之後的步驟也應納入電力公司的業務，消費者如何用電，電力公司也負有責任，必須管理消費者的用電效率。