The entire US is connected together via the electricity grid. The grid is made up of power stations, substations and wires. All the electricity is directed from its source to where it is needed by human operators backed up by a small amount of computing power.

The entire US is connected together via the electricity grid. The grid is made up of power stations, substations and wires. All the electricity is directed from its source to where it is needed by human operators backed up by a small amount of computing power.

The grid is woefully out of date, with average equipment seeing over 40 years in service.

We are becoming more distributed in electricity production because our power is now coming from roof top solar panels and wind turbines. We need a logical network similar to the Internet to utilize that energy efficiently.

The opportunities ahead lie in building new electricity infrastructure and the computer intelligence to optimally direct the electrical traffic.