Despite the backlash to the initiative, president Obama’s administration has gone forward with allocating stimulus money towards constructing the smart grid. One of the historic first steps has been taken as the city of Miami proposes leading the initiative with a $200 million project to create a smart grid within Florida. The smart grid will be built by network powerhouses Cisco Systems and General Electric, among several other companies wanting to get their feet wet with the new wave of green smart technologies.

