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Flipping New Jersey's smart grid switch

GE's Daniel Walsh explains how the new smart grid transformers now operating in Linden, NJ allow the NY and NJ grids to "talk" to each other.

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[Hi, I'm Daniel Walsh; I'm the asset manager for GE Energy Financial Services.]

[The Linden VFD is an exciting product for us.]

[It allows us to connect two grids, New Jersey to the New York City grid, ]

[and allows the finite control of power transferring between the two.]

[It's part of the smart grid technology, it's one key component of smart grid technology,]

[which uses technology and software to improve the reliability of the transmission system.]

[It's a great improvement, it's a great display of our technology]

[using our engineers and our financial resources to improve the community and the area.]

[The Linden VFT will be supplying an additional 300 megawatts of energy]

[from New Jersey to the New York City marketplace.]

[300 megawatts is enough power to supply 300 thousand homes.]

[It's a significant improvement to the reliability of the grid in New York City]

[and allows power to flow from various locations in New Jersey to New York City.]

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