features.csmonitor.com - 10/29/2009
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Obama awards $3.4 billion in ’smart grid’ grants
energy.gov - 10/27/2009
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ARCADIA, FLORIDA - Speaking at Florida Power and
Light's (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, President...
Barack Obama today announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history, funding a broad range of ...
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reuters.com - 10/27/2009
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Tom Doggett WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama
on Tuesday will announce $3.4 billion in government grants...
to help build a "smart" electric grid that will save consumers money on their utility bills, reduce blackouts and carry power supplies ...
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Obama to give $3.4 billion in grants for smart grid
whitehouse.gov - 10/27/2009
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Applicants say investments will create tens of thousands
of jobs, save energy and empower consumers to cut...
their electric bills ARCADIA, FLORIDA – Speaking at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, ...
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President Obama Announces $3.4 Billion Investment to ...
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... says. “But we expect that as they install this equipment, the digital components will have cyber security built into it.” Beside the $3.4 billion in matching grants, another $1.1 billion will fund other smart-grid components, including $615 million for demonstration projects and $100 million for work force development. The latter is critical, Ms. Hamilton notes, since more than half of all utility engineers and other energy workers will retire over the next five years. From the CSMonitor Administrator Jackson Visits Raleigh, Announces $200 Million Investment to Develop Smart ...
Obama awards $3.4 billion in ’smart grid’ grants
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The Christian Science Monitor has an article on US federal stimulus funding for smart grid projects - Obama awards $3.4 billion in ’smart grid’ grants. ...
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