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\"img_3197_blog\"The mainstream media’s beginning to catch up to the “smart grid” story; the grand plan to remake the nation’s electrical distribution system.<\/p>\n

On Friday, NPR began a ten-part series<\/a>; “Power Hungry: Reinventing the U.S. Electric Grid.” The reports will air on both of the network’s flagship programs, Morning Edition<\/em> and All Things Considered<\/em>.<\/p>\n

KQED’s Lauren Sommer set up the series earlier this month, with her backgrounder on emerging smart-grid technologies<\/a> for Quest<\/a><\/em>. Her report also includes a narrated slideshow<\/a>, that includes a look inside PG&E’s version of “Mission Control.”<\/p>\n

In March, Rob Schmitz previewed some of the challenges in his two-part series for Climate Watch<\/a>, “Green Gridlock.”<\/p>\n

And if you’re still “power hungry” after all that, Scott Pelley’s piece<\/a> on the coal power industry is well worth a twelve-minute investment at the 60 Minutes<\/em> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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