After all, the phone network was built to carry information, the power grid wasn't.

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Finally, both of these changes are being enabled through the integration of smart grid technology in the power transmission and distribution grid, which moves not only electrons but also information effectively through our energy networks.

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Thus computing based on the Internet is like a grid designed to deliver information and resources as reliably as power companies deliver electricity.

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This would help consumers save on their energy use, reduce the number of new power plants that need to be built, and provide more accurate information to grid operators about how to allocate electricity use.

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Information about the source, price and environmental impact of power is unavailable for most of the power grid.

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