Rohm's Wireless PowerTransmissionsystem also allows you to charge or power devices by placing them anywhere on the pad, rather than directly over charging positions, and it supports much greater transmission, with one prototype outputting up to 100 watts.
After the 2003 blackout revealed the vulnerabilities of the transmissionsystem and the immediate need for new power lines Congress in 2005 gave the federal government "backstopping" authority to site new projects.