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As the grid gets smarter, we'll need an electrical-transport system that's "right sized" for distributed generation.

The path toward the U.S. smart grid — or “grid modernization” in the language of the stimulus bill — has been compared over the last few months to the buildout of the modern transportation system in an earlier era. Commerce, at that time, was heavily dependent on the manufacture and movement of physical goods. Modern roads and highways played a major role in delivering the benefits of that economic growth to diverse regions. Today, the [...]