The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA) committed billions of dollars in incentives to those companies that develop and deploy smart grid technologies. To date, however, the government has distributed very little of that money. The Department of Energy (DOE) and other government agencies were tasked with creating the requirements entities must meet before receiving the smart grid incentives, and those requirements are now starting to take shape.

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