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Six Reasons Why Electric Grid Modernization Can’t Wait
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] 1. Grid modernization must be done at some point. Delay only increases the costs to consumers. 2. Delay puts Illinois at a competitive disadvantage in attracting and retaining businesses to our state. 3. Delay prevents Illinois businesses and households from reaping the benefits of smarter energy management technologies. 4. Delay deprives businesses and households of greater reliability with reduced power outages and service disruptions, which takes an economic toll. 5. Delay deprives consumers of improved service such as automatic outage notification to the utility, virtual elimination of estimated bills, and cost reduction due to items such as bad debt. 6. Delay prevents the creation of new jobs in building a modern grid. Illinois needs to act now on House Bill 14 to make grid modernization a reality.
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