(NECN) - Here is a list of New England projects being funded as part of the $3.4 billion in "smart grid" upgrades announced by President Obama Tuesday. Typically "smart meters" are home or business electric meters that can show customers the current real-time price of electricity in spot markets so they see more clearly their financial incentive to conserve power at times such as hot summer afternoons or cold winter evenings when wholesale electric prices soar.