University of Vermont Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:46:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Electric Vehicles and Smart Meters Could Save the Power Grid https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicles-smart-meters-save-power-grid-20140224/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicles-smart-meters-save-power-grid-20140224/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:46:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46148 In most parts of the country, the power grid is woefully out of date, which makes many people wonder if more electric vehicles will simply put more strain on an already strained system. In many places, the power grid is decades old. While average consumption isn’t typically a problem for the grid, peak power demands […]

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