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Radio 4,05 Aug 2010,28 mins

Power Play

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Huge hopes and vast sums of money are being pinned on the so-called Intelligent Grid: a new network of electricity systems feeding information about supply and demand across the grid all the time. Linked to new compulsory smart meters, it will extend into every home. Peter Day asks what's happening to our power supplies and why. Producer: Sandra Kanthal.

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