Get Smart on Smart Grid: How Technology Can Revolutionize Efficiency and Renewable Solutions - Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming - 2009-02-25 - Central to building a green economy will be updating the nation's energy grid with technology solutions that improve efficiency, save consumers money and create new jobs. Smart grid and smart metering technology will be needed to incorporate renewable energy from wind, solar and geothermal sources. The economic recovery package provided 1 billion for smart grid technology and development and an additional billion for renewable energy transmission construction. Chairman Edward J. Markey and the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming held a hearing entitled, "Get Smart on the Smart Grid: How Technology Can Revolutionize Efficiency and Renewable Solutions" on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 9:30 AM EST. They heardfrom energy experts and business leaders regarding energy efficiency gains that can be made by updating the nation's energy grid using 21st century technology. WITNESS LIST: Allan Schurr, Vice President, IBM; Robert Gilligan, Vice President, General Electric; Tom Casey, CEO, CURRENT Group, LLC; Shirley Coates Brostmeyer, CEO, Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc.; Charles Zimmerman, Vice President, Wal-Mart; Mr. James Hoecker, Hoecker Energy Law and Policy. Video provided by the US House of Representatives.
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