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Energy Department will spend $2 billion to squeeze more electricity from aging power grid

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The U.S. Department of Energy is allocating nearly $2 billion to improve the efficiency and capacity of the nation's aging power grid.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department is set to announce it will spend almost $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of the nation’s aging and stressed power grid, as President Donald Trump’s administration steps up efforts to avoid blackouts amid skyrocketing energy demand spurred by artificial intelligence. The money will go toward […]

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