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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio).

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

Cars That Think

The US electrical power industry alone “is influenced by a variety of decision-makers, including over 200 investor-owned utilities, 10 federal power authorities, over 2000 publicly-owned utilities, about 900 rural electric cooperatives, seven RTOs [ Regional Transmission Organizations ], 48 state regulatory bodies [e.g.,

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