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Colo. cities receive $24.2 million for smart grid
Posted: 10.28.2009 at 1:13 PM
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Fort Collins and other northern Colorado cities and Pueblo will receive a total of $24.2 million in federal grants for projects to modernize the electrical grid.

The grants are part of $3.4 billion in funding announced Tuesday by President Barack Obama to move toward a "smart grid."

The idea behind a smart electrical grid is to provide a flexible system with better communication between the utility and consumers, improving the flow and use of electricity.

Fort Collins, Loveland and Longmont in northern Colorado and Fountain, in southern Colorado, together received $18.1 million. Pueblo received $6.1 million.

(Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)