Companies like mine are laying the groundwork for these changes by allowing the nation's utilities to effectively collect data from across their networks (down to the individual transformer) to help real-time pricing decision, real-time security and transmission.

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Other measures to reduce transmission include improved bio-security, particularly stopping badgers from getting into farm buildings where they can come into contact with cattle, or feed stores.

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Among other things, the principles established by his scholarship enabled espionage agencies to make their secret codes even more impenetrable and enhanced the security and accuracy of computer data transmission.

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Apple also provides a setting in the Airport Extreme software that let us diminish the base station's transmitting power should we want to restrict the range of transmission to, say, a conference room for security reasons.

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For an extra level of security, check to see if other websites you use offer HTTPS for transmission.

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Advantages include energy security, price stability, less demand (because less energy is lost in transmission), and fewer emissions because most distributed generation is renewable energy.

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