An electrical power system (100, 410) for regenerative loads (112, 162), the system including a left sub-system corresponding to a left side of an aircraft and a right sub-system corresponding to a right side of the aircraft, each of the sub-systems comprising: a DC bus (110, 160); an electrical actuator load (112, 162) coupled to the DC bus, wherein back-driving the electrical actuator load generates regenerative electrical energy, and wherein the electrical actuator load is configured to transmit the regenerative electrical energy to the DC bus; at least one additional load (114, 164) coupled to the DC bus, wherein at least a portion of the regenerative electrical energy is transmitted to the at least one additional load; a battery charger (116, 166), wherein at least a portion of the regenerative electrical energy is transmitted to the battery charger; a battery (118, 168) coupled to the DC bus and configured to be charged by the battery charger; an AC bus (104, 154); and a rectifier (108, 158) configured to convert AC electrical energy from the AC bus into DC electrical energy and to transmit the DC electrical energy to the DC bus; wherein the system further comprises a bus power control unit configured to connect the left or right battery charger (116, 166) to the corresponding DC bus in response to the corresponding battery (118, 168) having a state-of-charge that is less than a first threshold charge, and configured to disconnect the left or right rectifier (108, 158) from the corresponding AC bus in response to the corresponding battery having a state-of-charge that is greater than a second threshold charge; and wherein the left DC bus and the right DC bus are configured to transmit electrical energy between each other in response to a control signal from the bus power control unit. a DC bus (110, 160); an electrical actuator load (112, 162) coupled to the DC bus, wherein back-driving the electrical actuator load generates regenerative electrical energy, and wherein the electrical actuator load is configured to transmit the regenerative electrical energy to the DC bus; at least one additional load (114, 164) coupled to the DC bus, wherein at least a portion of the regenerative electrical energy is transmitted to the at least one additional load; a battery charger (116, 166), wherein at least a portion of the regenerative electrical energy is transmitted to the battery charger; a battery (118, 168) coupled to the DC bus and configured to be charged by the battery charger; an AC bus (104, 154); and a rectifier (108, 158) configured to convert AC electrical energy from the AC bus into DC electrical energy and to transmit the DC electrical energy to the DC bus; wherein the system further comprises a bus power control unit configured to connect the left or right battery charger (116, 166) to the corresponding DC bus in response to the corresponding battery (118, 168) having a state-of-charge that is less than a first threshold charge, and configured to disconnect the left or right rectifier (108, 158) from the corresponding AC bus in response to the corresponding battery having a state-of-charge that is greater than a second threshold charge; and wherein the left DC bus and the right DC bus are configured to transmit electrical energy between each other in response to a control signal from the bus power control unit.