What could the future of data in energy look like? Tom presents differnet views of the future of energy data with the help of sci-fi references.  Some of our imagined futures included the utopias: 1. Real time pricing as standard - locational real time pricing which is sufficiently clear enough to predict with some level of accuracy to allow operation and scheduling 2. Energy brokers for everyone - Digital assistants that can schedule your gadgets and buy power on your behalf, think an Alexa that has a trading account with the BSC 3. Energy system digital twins - digital twins that run in parallel with the real system allowing parties to simulate outcomes of real time events before they happen And then we thought about the dystopias: 1. Push notification hell - customers and supplier relationships mediated through push notifications that drive undesirable behavior 2. Permanent stasis - nothing really changes, and there are few improvements.