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9/3/2010 - The Bonneville Power Administration and Mason County Public Utility District No. 3, on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, are partnering on a smart grid pilot project. Mason County PUD 3 is installing devices on water heaters that will communicate with the grid, signaling the appliances to turn on or off based on the conditions of the regional electrical system and the amount of variable wind energy that is available.
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9/3/2010 - Commonwealth Edison Co. (ComEd) has launched a concentrated hub of smart grid pilot projects in a bid to put to the test a range of technologies, such as rooftop solar and electric vehicle charging stations. The "Smart Grid Innovation Corridor" in 10 Northern Illinois communities.
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9/3/2010 - Duke Energy Corp. has selected Echelon Corp. of California and Ambient Corp. of Massachusetts to further develop its grid-based communications to connect digital meters, power-line sensors and automated power-switching equipment for Duke’s (NYSE: DUK) proposed smart-grid networks.
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