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<p><b>Peaking power plants</b>, also known as <b>peaker plants</b>, and occasionally just "peakers", are <a href="page.php?w=power_plant">power plant</a>s that generally run only when there is a high demand, known as <a href="page.php?w=peak_demand">peak demand</a>, for <a href="page.php?w=electricity">electricity</a>. Because they supply power only occasionally, the power supplied commands a much higher price per kilowatt hour than <a href="page.php?w=base_load">base load</a> power. Peak load power plants are <a href="page.php?w=Dispatchable_generation">dispatched</a></p><p>
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