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Richard J. Halford and Shawn A. Smiley Photo

Atlanta Police officers Richard J. Halford, 48, (left) of Lithia Springs and Shawn A. Smiley of Lithonia, 40, died when their helicopter crashed Nov. 3, 2012, during a search for a missing boy. The officers, Richard J. Halford, 48, and Shawn A. Smiley, 40, died when the helicopter, which they were using to search for a missing 9-year-old boy who was later found safe, crashed into power lines near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. and Hamilton E. Holmes drives near I-20 around 10:30 p.m

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Richard J. Halford and Shawn A. Smiley Photo

Understanding the Smart Grid: What’s Great and What’s Wrong with Electricity 2.0 (Video)

Photo by nicholas_t What exactly is the smart grid, why don’t we have it, and when will we? For most Americans, the smart grid is a mystery. That’s part of the reason why there is some bubbling hostility toward smart meter installation projects in many places, and smart grid pilot projects happening in (relatively) so few. Tom Raftery of GreenMonk is an expert on the smart grid. He took t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Understanding the Smart Grid: What’s Great and What’s Wrong with Electricity 2.0 (Video)