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Chicago introduced modern electricity to the world in 1893 at the World’s Fair, and it’s fitting that Science used modern-day Chicago at night to exemplify our need for the grid of tomorrow.
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Chicago introduced modern electricity to the world in 1893 at the World’s Fair, and it’s fitting that Science used modern-day Chicago at night to exemplify our need for the grid of tomorrow.

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Source: sciencemag.org

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    thinking of Daniel Biss and PBPL 221...ComEd “smart grid” bill
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