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Utilities
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- Utilities Need an Innovation Reset
- Why Southern China Broke Up Its Power Grid
- Is It Time to Deregulate All Electric Utilities?
- Squirrels! Or 7 Ways Animals Threaten the Grid
- Investments Help Utilities Respond Faster to Hurricane Damage
- Clinton Could Enact a Cap-And-Trade System -- Without Congress
- China and Germany Struggle to Integrate Renewables
- What Public Utilities Can Learn From Cloud Computing
- Moving Data Over Power Lines Aims to Boost Green Energy
Cyber-Security
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- Utilities Guarding Their Grids Against Physical Attacks
- Utilities Guarding Their Grids Against Physical Attacks
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- U.S. Grid Needs $177 Bln In New Investment by 2025
- Opower Sale Creates Smart-Grid Behemoth
- Batteries Will Not Be the Future of Grid Balancing in Germany
- Numbers Shows Utility Sector Transformation
- The Other Side of the Solar Firestorm in Nevada
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Distributed Power
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- How the Coming Boom in Electric Vehicles Will Transform the Grid
- Big Sky Solar: Net Metering Reform in Montana
- Why Some Utilities Are Embracing Distributed Power
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- Texas Edges Closer to 50% Wind Penetration
- New Iron Flow Battery Makes Big Claims About Cost
- How the Lowly Water Heater Could Power the Smart Grid
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