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Smart Grids: How Smart?


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Smart Grids: How Smart? - President Obama's stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, appropriates nearly $24 billion to modernize our country's electric power grid, including an $11 billion outlay to make it "smart". Those appropriations are stirring the hopes of renewable energy advocates, who foresee expanded opportunities for solar and wind technologies as well as a big, new role for plug-in electric and hybrid-electric vehicles.

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http://www.energycentral.com/utilitybusiness/businesscorporate/articles/2007/