Xcel presses on with 100,000 home smart grid trial

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Major US smart grid pilot project aiming to to provide utility and customers with real time energy use data

US utility Xcel Energy has confirmed that it is on track to begin operating one of the largest smart grids in the world late next year, in a move that will provide 100,000 homes in Boulder, Colorado with...

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