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		<title><![CDATA[Smart grid networking with smart appliances]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Linux driven appliances are a GO!This is where the POWER of Open_Source technologies will shine. NO license fees, a device that WORKS as intended and does not need to be rebooted and firmware patch every other day.Smart Grid has a brigth future. But when it will come??Smart Grid is creating...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:57:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More evidence of the coming collision between home broadband and the smart grid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collision?Not the word I would have used.In any event, I think this is a positive and necessary direction to go. In order to manage more diversified, less dependable/consistent sources of energy, the demand side HAS TO be managed. Without it, we are just setting ourselves up for a lot of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Smart grid report from Lexington Institute explores benefits, pitfalls]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smart grid, demand response and smart appliancesWhen I need to explain the smart grid in a sentence, I simply describe it as the coupling of a digital network on top of our existing grid structure. What?s the big deal with doing that? Digital information on the grid gives all sorts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Most Americans support energy infrastructure overhaul]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy overhaul is not the issueThe issue is ENERGY EFFICIENCY.Products from 30 years ago specially cars were more energy efficient than todays.What is the point of changing technologies, if that technology is less efficient that what we have today.One example: Biofuels. Not only are we destroying organic material to burn...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What a smart grid can do for you]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[very idealistic, but...like all sunshine information projects...it depends on the accuracy of the data!electric companies make their money...their real money selling "ON PEAK" hours, in fact, in Northern MD/Pennsylvania there is a power plant that ONLY goes on to service ON PEAK hours!  what most americans fail to realize...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are we being smart about the smart grid?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are we being smart about the smart grid?Details PleaseI have read much about the "smart grid", but have not seen any details:1.  How will the consumer interact with the smart grid2.  What options will be available?3. Where is energy being wasted today?4.  How will the smart grid...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Don't underestimate the power of the electrical power plug in the smart grid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don't underestimate the power of the electrical power plug in the smart gridPlease read...(Broadband over Power Lines- BPL)Take a look at the following.  While net communication over power lines might be useful in high density areas (like a large Apt. Building in a major city) it is not without...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:56:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who will manage the smart grid?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who will manage the smart grid?Smart Grid - who owns itI certainly think that the consumer / home owner  will have NO control over the smart grid being connected to their home. They may be able to see what they are consuming, but giving them control defeats the purpose...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who will manage the smart grid?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Greentech Media's Green Building Summit at SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif., tech executives discuss the future management of smart-grid technology and whether the balance of power will go toward utility companies, government regulatory agencies or building owners.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:03:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tomorrow's smart grid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Churchill Club's 11th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends, venture capitalists discuss whether the smart grid and smart meter trends will continue to produce innovation and what the motivating factors will be.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 15:36:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Smart grid meets wireless mesh]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smart grid meets wireless meshSo they use WiFiand then they use meshing. Sounds like WiMAX without the benefit of long distance. Too many towers and not fast enough speed will make these guys an also-ran. But there's room for second place behind the WiMAX Steamroller!Your steamroller seems to be parked...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What is the smart grid?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the smart grid?I don't think he's explained the why of smart gridsI don't think he's explained the WHY of smart grids, which is really the most important question to answer.  Why do we need smart grids and more importantly, why do we need to spend MONEY investing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Green: Net '09 Conference in San Francisco, Jesse Berst, managing director of Global Smart Energy, breaks the smart grid down into three components: smart devices, two-way communication, and advanced control systems. He explains what each component adds but says it's not just about the components--it's also the value...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:29:27 -0700</pubDate>
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