"Major investments in the nation's electricity infrastructure are required over the coming decade to restore its resilience and to keep pace with the growth in electricity demand. "The only cost-effective way to address this urgent need is through innovative technology that creates a smart, self-healing electricity supply system capable of powering an increasingly networked, digital economy." Surprisingly, this is not testimony from the Congressional Hearing into the events of 14 August 2003. With sad irony, this statement was included in a document 'Electricity Sector Framework for the Future' suggested by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) little more than a week before the major US blackout.
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