In simple terms, the move to a Smart Grid will largely consist of a move to the use computer related technologies in order to improve the efficiency of electricity distribution.

While the term may sound benign, or even pleasant to many ears, it also evokes an amorphous vision of a future that can translate into either a dream come true or a nightmare scenario for Americans looking to break their dependence on fossil fuels, and the security, economic and environmental problems associated with that dependence.

Consider, for example, the daily lives of people in and around the large population centers of the country. They get up in their suburban homes, go to work in the city, and then return to their suburban homes at the end of the work day. To them, smart grid technology means providing electricity managers with the ability to efficiently and easily move the available flow of electricity in conjunction with the population flow.

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