title: Check if a tablet is connected to a power supply from a windows 8 store app
body: <p>Is it possible from a Windows 8.1 store application to tell if the tablet has it's power supply connected. </p>
  
  <p>Basically I poll a service every 15 minutes to check for new data but I'd like this to be every minute if the power is connected.</p>
  
  <p>I did ask this question a while back and was told it wasn't possible but I was wondering if the windows 8.1 update has added any extra functionality.</p>
  
  <p>I'm using Visual Studio 2013 and the application is a Windows 8.1 application.</p>
  
  <p>Many thanks</p>