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‘Smart Grid’ Technology: Obama’s Smart Move for Infrastructure Security
‘Smart Grid’ Technology: Obama’s Smart Move for Infrastructure Security
In addition to making our electrical grid more efficient, upgrading the system will prevent hacker attacks that could paralyze the country.
Obama Names 'Smart Grid' Projects
online.wsj.com — The White House named 100 utility projects that will share $3.4 billion in federal stimulus funding to... improve efficiency of the electric power grid. (more) Obama Names 'Smart Grid' Projects
Obama putting $3.4B toward 'smart' power grid
Obama putting $3.4B toward 'smart' power grid
msnbc.msn.com — The Obama administration is giving a jolt to the futuristic "smart" electric grid, hoping to more quickly... bring America's power transmission system into the digital age. (more) Obama putting $3.4B toward 'smart' power grid
Obama to detail stimulus spending on 'smart grid'
latimes.com — A $3.4-billion chunk will go toward grants to modernize the U.S. power system to more easily use... renewable resources. The president will speak at a solar facility in Arcadia, Fla. Copyright 2009, The Los Angeles Times (more) Obama to detail stimulus spending on 'smart grid'
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The Moderate Voice — ... Since our first look at President Obama’s initiative to improve the nation’s power grid, I’ve been digging a bit deeper into some of the security threats which the aging infrastructure poses, as well as the inefficiencies in the current system. I follow up on the topic today in my next column at Pajamas Media, so dive in and be frightened. (Not in the Halloween way. This is real.) Terrorists have already knocked out large sections of the grid in South America, securing blackmail payments from governments there before they would turn the power back on. ...

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