Geez, I just want to have a file I start on my laptop at work available to peak at on my smart phone on the train home.

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The main objective of smart power meters is to lower the peak load and thus enable utilities to keep down their peak generating capacity.

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Hotel rates are not rising as fast as airfares so smart travellers can still score deals, even during peak season.

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Smart meters will better inform consumers of their energy consumption and increase off-peak tariff usage.

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By communicating with a smart meter, Nucleus will let people program appliances to take advantage of off-peak pricing plans offered by utilities that have time-of-use electricity plans.

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We could set up systems so that everybody in each house have their own smart meters that will tell you when to turn off the lights, when the peak hours are, can help you sell back energy that you've generated in your home through a solar panel or through other mechanisms.

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If you want these programs to serve a smart, strategic business function, you need to give them the tools to function at peak efficiency.

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Clarke also offered a sneak peak at a new technology dubbed "Dell Latitude ON, " which promises the speed of a smart phone with a notebook's big screen and keyboard.

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