Obama’s plan for a state-of-the-art electrical grid is gaining power bit by digital bit By MICHAEL GRUNWALD | July 26, 2012 http://business.time.com/2012/07/26/obamas-smart-electrical-grid-plan/ Washington, America’s power center, recently experienced life without power—the kind that gets generated, not the kind that gets wielded. After a nasty storm knocked out the Beltway’s electricity for days during a heat […]
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The Rise of the Smart Grid
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Smart Meters on Maui
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SOURCE: Ken Taylor ([email protected]) SUBHEAD: It is surprising to learn that the information collected by Maui smart meters goes directly to the mainland. By Debra Greene on 16 May 2012 via email in Island Breath – (http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2012/05/smart-meters-on-maui.html) Image above: Maui Meadows is above the Piilani Highway in Kihei on the westside below Mount Haleakala. From […]
By SUZAN CLARKE via GMA April 30, 2010 It’s a fact. Distracted driving kills, and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is continuing her mission to prevent distracted driving deaths by urging drivers to make their cars “no phone zones” today. My plea is to recognize that really it is an addiction. Look, five years ago, 10 […]
Internet giant joined by Nokia, General Electric and Intel in calling on US goverment to upgrade electricity grid using IT Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent @suzyji Thu 8 Apr 2010 11.02 BSTFirst published on Thu 8 Apr 2010 11.02 BST Smart meters are intended to help consumers reduce their consumption. Photograph: Christopher Thomond American presidents used to promise […]
By Sacramento Business Journal Jun 25, 2006, 9:00pm PDT Updated Jun 23, 2006, 3:28am EDT THE ISSUE: Poor communication killed a deal to bring citywide wi-fi to Sacramento OUR POSITION: To forge a new deal, the city must be clear at the start about what it wants A business plan overtaken by changes in the market […]
