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Industry and Local Government Leaders Create Silicon Valley Smart Grid Task Force The Silicon Valley Leadership Group, City of San Jose and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that they have partnered to create the Silicon Valley Smart Grid Task Force. The group brings leaders from industry, the public sector, non-profits and academia together to make recommendations on California's energy efficiency efforts and the rollout of Smart Grid technology.
The task force, which was announced at the 2010 Silicon Valley Energy Summit co-hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group at Stanford University's Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, will aim to better educate the public about smart grid technology and its importance in aiding California's long-term environmental sustainability and energy efficiency goals. As first steps, the Smart Grid Task Force will commission a study to investigate the economic impacts of smart grid technology.
"The leaders coming together to create this task force understand the direct connection between creating a high-tech electric grid and answering the energy, environmental and economic challenges of the 21st century," said PG&E President Chris Johns. "Consumers, businesses, government and communities all share a stake in its success, and the task force represents a new and important way for us to work together toward this vision." |
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