Carnegie Mellon University
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Dr. Rahul Tongia
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Draft – Subject to Change
Implementation Strategies and Research
–Political
Needs
–State by
State
–National
Standards
–Interaction
with Private utilities
–Technical
Needs
–Scalable,
modular design
–Open,
scalable standards
–Prevent
technology/design lock-in
–Increase
competition
–Bringing
down costs
–Demonstration
Prove system design and convince stakeholders