I would like to have one of these as well, at least for a short while.

My only concern regarding them tracking my usage would be if my home address or phone number was somehow attached to the collected information.

The usage would/could clearly show over a short period of observed time what my regular schedule was, such as when I get home (a sustained spike in electrical use above base levels), when I shut down most everything and went to bed (a decrease in the sustained spike above base levels) and when I wasn’t home (a return to a more or less steady base level).

In a longer period of observed time it would also be able to show what days I most often modify my schedule to work late or when I am most likely to go out after returning home and at what times.

As I do not have much of anything that anyone might want to take I don’t have much to fear from all of this, but if this information was packaged and sold to tele-marketers they would know exactly when to call as we sat down to supper (due to a decreased spike from cooking after arriving home) and that would be really scary.

Keep up the good work.