A REVOLUTION IN ENERGY IS UPON US. IT IS SO MONUMENTAL THAT IT WILL TRANSFORM SOCIETY AND CHANGE THE WAY ALL OF US IN AMERICA LIVE AND WORK

摘要

It has been triggered by large-scale efforts to modern ize the U.S. electric grid, adding high-speed communications and morphing the infrastructure into a "networked grid," or an "Internet for energy." This so-called smart grid will not only bring new communication capabilities to mission-critical grid devices and end-user appliances to optimize energy ef ficiency, reliability, and security. It will also serve as the en abling platform to plug in the next generation of clean en ergy technologies, such as rooftop solar systems, wind farms, and electric vehicles.