Building a Better Transmission System

摘要

There is a tendency to get caught up in the march toward the horizon as the Obama administration wades through grant applications for smart grid technology, the renewables and integration discussion heats up and energy efficiency gains supporters. And in the rush to this future grid, proponents sometimes forget that to get to the horizon, the industry must build on today. There are two ways a utility can build a better transmission system: Go soft or go hard.