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‘Smart grid’ gets tested in resort area on Maui

Posted: October 12, 2009 at 5:07 a.m.

A 4-square-mile patch of Maui in the nation’s most fossil-fuel dependent state soon will be home to a new kind of power grid, one that saves energy by turning off household appliances when electricity is expensive and makes better use of wind and solar power.

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