Smart Grid

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(1) US Department of Energy, Smart Grid Investment Program, http://energy.gov/oe/smart-grid-investment-program-0, (accessed May 14, 2013).

(2) C. Geillings, "Estimating the Costs and Benefits of the Smart Grid," Electric Power Research Institute, March 2011, http://www.epri.com (accessed Jan 25, 2012)

(3) In the past, many investors who were interested in investing in smart grid turned to smart grid ETFs or individual smart grid stocks. Now with Motif Investing, you can invest in the Smart Grid motif, a carefully researched and balanced portfolio of stocks that may give investors diverse exposure to investing in smart grid technology, and smart grid stocks.

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