Load curve
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A load curve is a chart showing the amount of electrical energy customers use over the course of time. Power producers use this information to plan how much electricity they will need to make available at any given time. Teletraffic engineering
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 uses a similar load curve.

See also

  • Load profile
    Load profile
    In electrical engineering, a load profile is a graph of the variation in the electrical load versus time. A load profile will vary according to customer type , temperature and holiday seasons....

  • Load duration curve
    Load Duration Curve
    A load duration curve is used in electric power generation to illustrate the relationship between generating capacity requirements and capacity utilization.A LDC is similar to a load curve but the demand data is ordered in descending...

  • Electricity generation
    Electricity generation
    Electricity generation is the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy.The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday...

  • Electric power transmission
    Electric power transmission
    Electric-power transmission is the bulk transfer of electrical energy, from generating power plants to Electrical substations located near demand centers...

  • Electricity distribution
    Electricity distribution
    File:Electricity grid simple- North America.svg|thumb|380px|right|Simplified diagram of AC electricity distribution from generation stations to consumers...

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