Google and GE to partner on smart grid

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Together with GE, Google will develop a "policy partnership" to lobby Congress towards "tomorrow's power generation, transmission and distribution."

Ultimately, Google and GE are hoping their lobbying effort can bring smart grid technology to market quicker, a key technology to required for the electrification of the automobile. Obviously, a smart grid would also increase the efficiency of the power grid.