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These two terms are used interchangeably to denote the maximum power requirement of a system at
a given time, or the amount of power required to supply customers at times when need is greatest.
They can refer either to the load at a given moment (e.g. a specific time of day) or to averaged load
over a given period of time (e.g. a specific day or hour of the day).
See also:
power, peak supply, peak load station, load, baseload, off-peak/on-peak, capacity, peaking capacity
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