Making the Dumb Grid Smarter

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The way the US runs its energy grid is just plain stupid, according to Marc Gunther, but thankfully several companies are committed to making it a whole lot smarter

"You know how we find out when the power goes out somewhere in our system?" Peter Darbee asks me. I don't know. Peter is the CEO of PG&E Corp., a $12.5-billion-a-year utility company in northern California....

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