Good look at looming problems with the national electricity distribution grid, with interesting examples backing up the proposal to upgrade the entire network. I'd like to see more information about the economic feasibility and investment plans for developing local cogeneration opportunities, particularly for residential and industrial service.

An informative and well-researched article. Abundant outbound links to a variety of sources. Solid context, including a general history of how the U.S. electric grid started and what is at the root of its current problems.

Factual story with solid background and written in the no-nonsense tone that Wired often does well with. I found this highly informative and I'm glad it took the editorial liberties of an opinion piece, although it reads like an essay or special report.

This is an example of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing. If we choose to retain the anachronistic technology of a power grid we need to nationalize the grid. As long as it is held in the hands of a private monopoly there will be environmental devastation. Why? Because these monopolies can resist change if they don't see an immediate benefit to themselves. The distributed model of power generation where the power is generated as close to the end user as possible is a ... More »

This does show common sense and good grasp of the facts about the North American Electrical Grid (US and Canada are the same Grid .