Examples of household electrical loads that could be shifted to off-peak hours via an automated or controlled mobile app include charging a plug-in vehicle, running a dishwasher, running a hot water heater, running the refrigerator's defrost cycle and ice-making.

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Flood-tide: rising tide, part of the tidal cycle between low water and the next high water.

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Ebb-tide: the falling tide, part of the tidal cycle between high water and the next low water.

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