"Last week, Obama announced more than $3 billion in stimulus grants to improve and “smarten” the national grid. To get some insight into what to make of this major development, we chatted with David Leeds, an analyst specializing in grid technology at Greentech Media. He recently authored a free 145-page report called The Smart Grid in 2010, has lectured on the subject at MIT, Stanford, and The Wharton School of Business." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet