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What makes a grid "smart"?

Apr 5, 2019
Advocates say the environmental benefit are compelling.
The power grid in California has held up under the test of a heatwave for now.
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What happens when a new technology that is better for the environment also eliminates jobs?

Feb 9, 2018
A union in California goes up against the rising tide of automation.
Longshoremen working on the ship COSCO Denmark at a non-automated terminal at the Port of Long Beach in 2010.
Photo courtesy of the Port of Long Beach