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Mike Simpson: “The grid is privately owned by private utility companies. What is our role in helping modernize the grid?”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2016
The grid is privately owned by private utility companies. What is our role in helping modernize the grid?
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the government's role in grid modernization given private ownership.

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