Beginning Monday, the capital will begin having its power cut off for three hours at a time.

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One of the biggest challenges facing the semiconductor industry in the 1970s was to find a way to retain memory so that it did not vanish every time the power was turned off.

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Brown said the water would be delayed for no more than two hours, just enough time to take the pressure off the power supply during "rush" hour, but that move would not affect residents.

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People, low income or otherwise, tend to ignore their utility until the bill gets too high or the power goes off, he said, and he wonders if people are going to spend time trying to manage their use and implement efficiency measures.

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The ultimate in energy efficiency will come when power producers can turn on and off small substations at a moments notice based on real-time data on energy consumption at a household level, and consumers can make power purchasing decision based on real-time metering of their consumption.

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The long recharge time will thus not be an issue, and the electricity will be cheap, off-peak power.

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The national power company Luz y Fuerza (Light and Power) has reported a huge surge started at the unheard-of time of 6am, when the match kicked off.

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Far from assuming that the swing of the pendulum will in good time carry the Tories inexorably back to power, some of his party's leaders have privately written off their chances of victory in the next election.

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