Today, Obama announced the largest ever investment in smart grid money. One hundred utility projects around the country will receive between $400,000 to $200 million in funding to improve the grid infrastructure and deploy smart meters, the digital meters that are connected to the grid and can tell home owners how much electricity they're using and when.
We've been covering this technology for some time now and have a bunch of related stories to give you the wide angle on the Smart Grid. So dive in:
- Podcast: Smarter Meters for a Smarter Grid
- Feature: How Smart Can the Grid Get?
- Puzzle: Plugging Into the Smart Grid
- HowStuffWorks: How Power Grids Work
- HowStuffWorks: How Demand Response Works
- Planet Green: How to Choose a Home Energy Monitor
- Tree Hugger: Boulder, Colo.: First to Have a Smart Grid?
- Tree Hugger: Smart Grids Can Cut CO2 Emissions by 15 Percent.
- Tree Hugger: Will Smart Grid Corps Be As Shady As Big Oil?
Tags: Alternative Power Sources, Electricity, Green Your Electricity, Smart Grid
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