peak load

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

Last month, a fire broke out at a major power station in the southern city of Basra, leaving the area in a “total shutdown,” according to a statement from the Ministry of Electricity — an example of the country’s dilapidated infrastructure unable to bear the peak load of 32,000 megawatts each day during the heat.

From Los Angeles Times

“It did more than that, however. As the electrical engineer would say, it put the ‘peak’ load on its citizens, morally and physically.”

From Seattle Times

If more EV owners are able to charge their cars during the day, and smart charging technologies are deployed as expected, that increase in peak load will shrink.

From Seattle Times

In fact, AC could account for 20 to 44 percent of the peak load in India’s power grid by 2050.

From Scientific American