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The Promise of the Smart Grid: Goals, Policies, and Measurement Must Support Sustainability Benefits

The Promise of the Smart Grid: Goals, Policies, and Measurement Must Support Sustainability Benefits

Full Title: The Promise of the Smart Grid: Goals, Policies, and Measurement Must Support Sustainability Benefits
Author(s): Samir Succar
Publisher(s): Natural Resource
Publication Date: October 1, 2012
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Description (excerpt):

Developing the smart grid is about leveraging information technology to improve the production and distribution of electricity. At every level of the power system—from power plants to transmission lines to office buildings and homes—smart grid technology uses information and produces information for others to use. This data may be utilized automatically in the system, or it may be used by grid operators and consumers to help save resources and to keep the system working smoothly.

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