The FCC is exploring how broadband technologies can help the nation become more energy independent and efficient and be a key factor in the evolution to a smart electrical grid. During a field hearing Monday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and others discussed the role of broadband and the agency’s development of a national broadband plan in the nation’s quest for energy efficiency and independence.
via National Journal Online — Tech Daily Dose — Broadband and the Smart Electrical Grid.
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