Utilities across the country support a complex network of regional and local power plants, transmission and distribution lines, substations and transformers with varying capacities-that in many cases will not meet growing demand. The American Society of Civil Engineers' "Failure to Act: The Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Electricity Infrastructure" report noted that "as the nation moves towards increasingly sophisticated use of information technology, computerized controls and sensitive electronics, the need for electricity reliability becomes even greater."
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