Engineers at the federally funded Pacific Northwest National Laboratory showed that by equipping appliances and thermostats with a few cheap microchips and Internet connections, they could cut peak demand by as much as 50%.

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Bus journey times in peak periods have been cut by as much as 70% in the small area covered by the scheme.

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Now the Marine Corps is shrinking to fit the new peace and will cut forces by 10% from its peak of 202, 000.

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By focusing on times and places of peak demand, he's cut response times and saved money which he's invested in extra training.

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By 2009, the deficit is projected to be cut by more than half from its projected peak to just 1.4 percent of GDP, well below the 40-year historical average.

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This could cut power demand by 10-15% during peak hours, estimates Ahmad Faruqui of the Brattle Group, a consultancy more than twice the reduction likely to be achieved by just giving customers real-time information about their usage.

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From its recent peak employment of 266, 000 in 2007, GM has cut its rolls by 25 percent.

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The recession and a surge in the number of new power plants brought online had cut the prices it could charge for generating electricity--its core business--from a peak of 25 cents per kilowatt-hour (in California, December 2000) to 2.7 cents a year later.

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At peak periods or in bad weather, "our projection is that rate will probably be cut in half, " Mr. Marinitti said.

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He said the government had also now cut the number of people waiting a long time for an out-patient appointment by 80, 000 from its peak.

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