"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."
"Our challenge then is to figure out how we attract, how we retain new workers in those fields."
"To know that where we're starting the process is concerning."
"I think the word that you used was that the States are good laboratories. I would certainly agree with that."
"I appreciate your openness and your being here this morning."
"If we don't have the standards and protocols in place, we spend it, but we don't have the systems."
"It's going to be a challenge for us to really educate consumers as to, How do you take advantage of this?"
"Smart Grid is not the build out of miles and miles of high voltage transmission line."
"Should disbursal of these stimulus funds be contingent on development of the standards and protocols?"
"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 know that smart grid is not the buildout of miles and miles of high-voltage transmission lines; instead, it's--what we're really talking about is a potential transformation in how we use and delive..."