peak load
Britishnoun
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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
It was just before Christmas and the store was approaching the annual peak load of its year's traffic.
From The Romance of a Great Store by Edward Hungerford
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