U.S. awards $3.4 billion in smart grid grants

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Business News: EE Times europe
"Eighteen million homes—13 percent of all U.S. households--will get smart electric meters within three years
as part of $3.4 billion in U.S. government grants to upgrade the country's aging electric grid announced by
President Barack Obama in remarks at one of the country's largest solar farms in Arcadia, Florida."