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White House To Announce IT-Powered Smart Grid

Posted by samzenpus on from the future-power dept.

FizzaNawaz writes "On Monday, the Obama administration is preparing announce the next steps that the US will take to build its 21st century electric grid, and IT is expected to play a big part in the plans. The White House is hosting a 90-minute media event called 'Building the 21st Century Electric Grid' and is releasing a new report on what it will take for lawmakers and the private sector to come together to solve this aspect of the energy challenge."

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  1. Maybe you should stick to what you know by artor3 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Lots of generated power goes to waste. Our current grid is effectively "dumping massive amounts of power into a hole." The smart grid helps to reduce that waste.

  2. Re:Solar panels on White House roof by artor3 · · Score: 5, Informative

    It was Carter who put them up, and Reagan who took them down.

  3. What this is really about by Attila+Dimedici · · Score: 3, Informative

    Based on everything I have read about a "smart grid", this is about making sure that everyone has an electric meter that lets the power company (and through them the government) track exactly when and how much electricity they use. "Dear Mr. Doe, we see that you have set your air conditioner to 72 degrees. Don't you think it would be more responsible to set it at 74 degrees."

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  4. Re:Sigh by kenh · · Score: 5, Informative

    Andrew Jackson is the only President to pay off the national debt. Presindent Clinton, with the "help" of the Republicans in Congress was able to restrain spending and get government spending in-line with revenues, leading to a token annual surplus his last year in office, with PROJECTED surpluses if nothing changed from the year 2000 to 2010... Unfortunately, things changed since Clinton left office.

    Clinton reduced the annual deficit, yet did not reduce the national debt while he was in office He took office with $4.6T in debt and left office leaving about $5.6T in debt. [source]

    Debt is what we accumulate, year after year. Deficit is the new debt we rack-up each year, that gets added to the debt. Debt Deficit

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  5. Re:Solar panels on White House roof by GameboyRMH · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not entirely true. Dubya put solar panels on the White House's garden shed:

    http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/10/hey-george-w-bush-put-solar-panels-on-the-white-house-too/64151/

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