This steam is used to turn steam generators that generate electicity. A sales classification covering electric energy supplied to other utilities. The maximum demand or load which has occurred during a specified period of time. The time period may be 30 minutes or an hour during a day, month, or year. Peak periods fluctuate by season.
Peaks usually occur during the morning hours in the winter and in the late afternoon in the summer.
Generating units which are available to assist in meeting the portion of peak load which is above a system s base load. Such units are normally operated occasionally and for relatively short periods of time over the course of a year. A term used in the natural gas industry. It describes the amount of radiation retained in any object that has been exposed to radiaoctive energy. Most cooperatives have been financed by the Rural Electrification Administration and are exempt from Federal income tax laws.