Why the Microgrid Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Crisis | Fast Company

Why the Microgrid Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Crisis | Fast Company: "the federal government seems content to leave the owners of the old energy world in charge of designing the new one. Big utilities are pushing hard to do what they do best -- getting the government to subsidize construction of multi-billion-dollar, far-flung, supersize solar and wind farms covering millions of acres, all connected via outsize transmission lines."