Therefore some sort of system operator or grid manager will always be necessary.

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National Grid manager Martin Kinsey said no decisions have been made yet.

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California's main power grid manager, the Independent System Operator, reported that turbines spinning within the ISO grid produced a record of 4, 196 megawatts Sunday.

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"We are commencing the first phase to connect the major new power generation we are expecting to arrive in Anglesey, " said Martin Kinsay, a senior project manager with National Grid.

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"For the first time we're able to put one of our Smart Grid solutions into the hands of actual consumers, thanks in part to our partnership with Pecan Street, " said Paul Pebbles, global manager, Electric Vehicle and Smart Grid Services.

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Fabrizio Gagliardi, the project manager for DataGrid, despairs at the many Grid initiatives already underway.

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Gordon Brown, operations manager of California Independent System Operator, the state agency that oversees the power grid, told CNN Thursday night that the declaration triggered contingency plans to stop pumping water for two hours, during the state's critical power usage hour between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

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