Open Government

December 2009: Obama's Open Government Initiative



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February 2012: The CPUC carefully considers citizen feedback.

The Interview: Aneesh Chopra - The Atlantic

The Atlantic: It's been reported that President Obama's smart grid initiative was one of the technology projects he came into office excited about, but found himself stymied by what's possible for a president to do.

Aneesh Chopra: That's one of my legacy deliverables, this vision for smart grid. We have a whole White House strategy that absolutely works within current legal constraints. We launched SmartGrid.gov to share evidence-based best practices and help state regulators understand what investments work and why, so that we don't have to reinvent the wheel with 50 different regulatory proceedings about what a smart grid is and isn't. We're just getting started in some of this, but we're absolutely at the tip of the spear in gathering an evidence base and sharing it. There's no reason why the federal government can't gather information and publicize it without invoking regulatory authority. And we've gotten endorsements from state regulators, so you get the sense that we've worked well in this federalism model.