Smart Grid: The Coming Revolution In Electrical Power Transmission And Distribution - Global Markets, Technologies And Competitors: 2010-2020 Analysis And Forecasts
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The smart grid allows intelligent and real time monitoring of the electric power network, enables near instantaneous balancing of supply and demand, detects theft and leakage, reports outages, automates billing, enables remote disconnect – and will provide consumers and business with energy management tools and information. According to this report offered by Research and Markets, the smart grid is expected to revolutionize electric power transmission and distribution, and to transform society in much the same way the Internet did-if not more so.
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