Subject: Re: [smartpower-interest] [email-masked]

From: Paul Kyzivat <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:33:50 -0500

Fred,

I haven't been following the smartpower stuff, so this might be a naive 
question:

What is the primary perceived relation between smart power and 
ietf/networks/routing/etc.?

- is it the use of networking technology for communication of
   control and management of the power grid?

- or is it going further and thinking of a "power plane" as
   analogous to a "data plane", so that we might end up using
   routing protocols to route electrons rather than just data?

- or is the it a purpose of this list to figure that out?

	Thanks,
	Paul

Fred Baker wrote:
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