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Urcot, the Grid's Traffic Cop

Urcot basically tells companies who generate power when and how much power they need to put on the grid. Or if there's more demand than there is supply, they can also order power companies to cut service. The idea was that d regulation would spur oil production in the us. By encouraging investment. And at the same time, they argued that it would drive down energy prices by creating competition.

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