Utility companies are tasked, first and foremost, with maintaining stability in the nation’s most basic services, from water and gas systems to the extensive American power grid. Particularly for electricity, this entails a number of challenges ranging from balancing generation and consumption to ensuring that power lines reach everywhere they are needed.

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