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ConferenceBites (Brian Duggan):
Utilities will have 1000 times the info to deal with by switching to smart grids.— Rich Lechner, VP Energy & Environment IBM

semanticseed (Semanticseed.com):
IT's role to address grid issues:  Policy has to be in place to make certain renewables are in the grid.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, keynote speaker

Mayor of San Jose talking about "smart streetlights." Very cool -- data on energy consumption from street lights -- swise (Susan Wise)