peak load
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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That’s about 4 and 9% of its 52 GW peak load respectively.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
He’s paying attention to reserve margins, a metric that captures extra power-generation capacity beyond the peak load.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
The package will also increase energy efficiency requirements and raise the cap on rooftop solar from 1% to 10% of each utility’s five-year average peak load.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
In fact, AC could account for 20 to 44 percent of the peak load in India’s power grid by 2050.
From Scientific American ● May 10, 2022
The peak load of peril was confronted and passed, but still his speech ranged over the bait words most potent as verbal sedatives.
From Lady Luck by Wiley, Hugh
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