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Pope's election saw power demand fall... before rising as we put the kettle on

As we all gathered around to find out who the new Pope was, electricity demand fell briefly on Wednesday before rising as we put the kettle on and got back to whatever it was we were doing, Eirgrid says.

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Mar 15th 2013, 10:00 AM