peak load

British

noun

the maximum load on an electrical power-supply system Compare base load

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The Institute for Energy Research projects 166 gigawatts of new peak load by end of decade.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 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

But the relatively late start of both companies means the bulk of their production will come online in May, possibly missing the peak load of cases expected by most U.S. health officials in mid-April.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2020

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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