ISET, an alternative-energy institute at the University of Kassel, in Germany, continent-wide power distribution systems in a place like Europe would deal with both of these points.

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At the top of the priority list must be improving the resilience of the nation's electric power generation, transmission, and distribution systems.

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Houston-based Powell Industries (nasdaq: POWL - news - people ) makes switchboards and other kinds of electric-power distribution equipment for businesses including commuter rail systems, utilities, and oil and gas producers.

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This non-linear tendency is why complex systems are more likely to follow a power-law probability distribution than the more familiar bell-curve distribution.

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