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The power industry is facing some big challenges. Rising demand. Aging infrastructure. Climate change. The list goes on, and there's no silver bullet solution. But there is something that has the potential to help greatly with these challenges. It's the smart grid, and it isn't just marketing buzz. We're actually seeing real-world implementation of smart grid technologies and starting to realize some of the benefits the smart grid can provide.
That was the prevailing sentiment at the 2008 DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition. On this episode of Currents: The Energy News Podcast, Steve Brown, chief editor of Utility Automation & Engineering T&D magazine and DistribuTECH Conference program chair, offers a report from DTECH's keynote session, where president and CEO of PNM Resources and chairman of EEI Jeff Sterba, former U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham, and division vice president of regulated operations technology at CenterPoint Energy Don Cortez gave their perspectives on how new technology can help solve the myriad challenges facing the power industry.
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