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smart Grid and Cloud ComPutinG
2.6 Smart Meters and Smart Loads
e term smart grid is used in varied contexts: For some, the smart grid
means a superhighway for large-capacity transmission over significant
geographic distances; for others, it is a system that can integrate small-
scale renewable generation sources; still others see it as a widely avail-
able source network for charging electric cars. Perhaps it will turn out
to be some or all of these things when fully evolved. In the context
of the data center or cloud, we can shed much of this ambiguity and
need only consider specifically the functionality required to enable the
capability to ...