By contrast, the VPP is a demand response platform that manages load on the demand side to create capacity and other products for electric utilities.

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Electrical utilities need to ensure this daytime peak demand load does not exceed their supply capacity.

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Only as a last resort (Power Emergency) to avoid the risk of a complete blackout does ERCOT ask utilities to reduce demand by dropping load through rotating outages.

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If the situation does not improve, ERCOT will first drop load resources (a market-based demand response program) and other resources under contract to be interrupted during an emergency.

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Coventry City Council and Warwickshire County Council websites had full lists of closed schools, but due to heavy demand, they were slower than usual to load at times.

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The Windows Mobile 6 Standard software load is fairly typical, albeit mildly Sprint-ified with a yellow theme and shortcuts to access On Demand, Sprint TV, and the like.

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