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PBS NewsHour  Miles O'Brien Risks Safety While Talking Smart Power

Miles briefs Hari on a cutting-edge, smart-power project in Austin Details

 

Program: PBS NewsHour

Episode: Miles O'Brien Risks Safety While Talking Smart Power

Last week, a powerful "derecho" storm hammered the mid-Atlantic, snuffing out power during the peak of a sweltering heat wave for nearly a week in some homes. Days later, our science correspondent Miles O'Brien traveled to Austin, Tex. to look at a neighborhood that operates on a smart grid. We spoke to him about his report on that project, as he cruised the neighborhood in a borrowed Chevy Volt.

Duration: (6:18)
Premiere Date: 07/13/2012
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: E


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