A viewer's account of Virginia hospitals describes megawatt-scale backup generators serving two roles. During an emergency they supply the hospital itself. In ordinary conditions an agreement can allow them to feed surplus electricity into the surrounding grid as peaking capacity. Running under load tests the backup equipment while also helping the grid.
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Hospital backup generators as peaking capacity
A Virginia hospital example connects standby-power testing with agreements to supply the grid at times of high demand.