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Article: United States: Xcel launches Boulder as first smart grid city.
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- September 9, 2009
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Byline: prashant03
Xcel Energy Inc. said Tuesday it has finished building the infrastructure and has launched the software needed to run its "SmartGridCity" project in Boulder, making it the world's "first fully functioning smart grid enabled city." The $100 million venture, funded by the utility and its partners, is testing new technologies that could be used to upgrade the nation's electric power grid.
The equipment and software systems increase power reliability, provide customers with more information about their energy use, and allow customers and the utility to remotely control energy use in the home, Xcel said. Xcel is based in Minneapolis. It is ...