Smart transmission: How FERC can spur modernization of the bulk power system

Utility Dive: The world's largest machine needs an upgrade — and it's costing consumers big money.

America's 7 million miles of transmission and distribution system wires, often called the planet's biggest networked machine, have an estimated value as high as $2 trillion. Built up over a century, the network supports the world's largest economy, but there are mounting worries it is not keeping up with the times.

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