Utilities and regulators have long talked about the need to build the modern “smart grid,” but now a new report shows that a handful of states are actually doing something about it.
“We see things in this report that show modernization is not just talk anymore, things are being done,” said Steve Hauser, CEO of the GridWise Alliance, an organization that pushes for integration of new grid technologies.
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