PS4 features "suspend mode" which keeps the system in a low power state while preserving the game session.

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Investors in the so-called public-private partnership include Russian Railways, national power utility Unified Energy System and state-controlled pipeline operator Transneft.

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Despite the overhaul of the federal system, state premiers still have substantial veto power.

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Gordon Brown, operations manager of California Independent System Operator, the state agency that oversees the power grid, told CNN Thursday night that the declaration triggered contingency plans to stop pumping water for two hours, during the state's critical power usage hour between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

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In northern California alone, the current power deficit averages 2, 000 to 3, 000 megawatts per hour, according to the California Independent System Operator, the agency set up to monitor the state's power grid.

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It would be more expensive to build more than one system of electric wires or natural gas pipelines to deliver power and fuel to every home in a state.

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