USA: L.A. gets $60-million stimulus grant for ’smart grid’ electric power system

The federal government today awarded Los Angeles a $60-million grant to help modernize the city’s electrical power system.
The money will be used for “smart grid” demonstration projects at USC and UCLA. The projects will allow the city’s Department of Water and Power, the largest municipal utility in the nation, to use advanced meters and other technology at the universities to chart how power is being consumed, forecast demand and potential outages, and seek ways to reduce energy use.
The projects will include efforts to integrate plug-in hybrid electric vehicles onto the grid.
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