Utility titan Southern Company plays harder as industry evolves

"We need to think differently about products and services, and think about the infrastructure inside a house, a business, a factory," he said. "That will allow us to think about (options for) distributed generation, storage, combined heat and power, heating and air conditioning systems, and the energy efficiency innovations that may come from creating servers for the home that will connect and manage Internet effects."

Bill Loveless, Special for USA TODAY

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