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1. " If you didn't make the list, don't feel bad. It's a big smart grid world out there."

2. Ray Bell, Founder, CEO, GridNet

Former Cisco exec and one-time interim CEO of Silver Spring Networks, Ray Bell believes that WIMAX will play an instrumental role in the future of smart grid networking. WIMAX never really found the market that it was originally suited for, that is, broadband wireless access, so it remains to be seen whether this technology is still looking for a market. With that said, GridNet is doing some interesting things around policy-based networking, a concept that could certainly prove to be relevant for smarter grids. For the moment, however, there don’t seem to be many Valentine's Day cards going back and forth between the heads of SSN and GridNet.

3. John Doerr, Partner, Kleiner Perkins

4. Scott Lang, Chairman, President and CEO, Silver Spring Networks

5. Ed Lu, Program Manager in Advanced Projects, Google

6. Ivo Steklac, CEO, Greenbox (acquired by Silver Spring Networks)