Do We Want a Smart Grid — or a Strong Grid?

Here’s an article that ponders the question:  Should we be focusing on a strong (i.e., resilient) grid, rather than a smart (i.e., green) grid? Personally, I think the two are so similar that I see no reason to split hairs.  We need to completely rethink what we’re asking our power utilities to do for us, and how they do it.  All parties, the utilities, the power producers, the providers of ancillary services, and the rate-payers need to have incentives to produce/consume less electricity, especially on-peak, and to migrate to renewables at the maximum rate possible.  If we are successful in this endeavor, we’ll have enormous amounts of distributed generation that will be both green and resilient.