It's important. It has to happen.
So hopefully with the support of this proposal we'll be able to bring the two together to meet our future energy work force needs.
If we're going to be the leader in energy technology investment, in R and D, is a must.
It is something that I think we've got to really focus, not only on the definition but what the goal is.
Our challenge then is to figure out how we attract, how we retain new workers in those fields.
I think the word that you used was that the States are good laboratories. I would certainly agree with that.
This increase in my mind anyway, is a necessary one.
I would urge a level of expediency and absolute urgency. Because otherwise we will as a country by shutting the door on nuclear which I thin...
Congress saw this potential back in 2007 with passage of the Smart Grid provisions in Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act...
We don't need to be withholding stimulus moneys, at this point in time, in making certain that those standards and protocols are in place fi...
There is a great deal of funding--Federal funding out there now for NIST for implementation of the smart grid.
I do hope that we will be aggressive, and we will be aggressive before things are put in place.
I think that anytime you're developing standards in a realm where the technology itself is rapidly evolving...
The promises of a smarter grid are many. Consumers will be able to monitor in real time the amount, price, and even source of the electricit...
Smart grid is the future and the program in Boulder demonstrates daily how much potential this technology has.
Should disbursal of these stimulus funds be contingent on development of the standards and protocols?
Smart Grid is not the build out of miles and miles of high voltage transmission line.
How does DOE propose to undertake this responsibility, just in terms of the information that is out there?
