Engineers often include demand factors in panel schedules and/or load calculations when preparing an electrical design. It is important to include these as permitted by the Code so that equipment is ...

Courtesy of www.MikeHolt.com. Based on the 2020 NEC. Sizing the feeder or service load for a dwelling isn’t simply a matter of totaling the loads or breaker ratings. The Code recognizes there’s load ...

Energy experts are challenging the state grid operator’s jaw-dropping projection for how high electrical demand could rise by 2030, saying that even as Texas faces explosive growth, there is no way ...

An Energy Department report last year found that data centers consumed about 4.4% of total U.S. electricity in 2023. That share is projected to rise to 6.7% to 12% by 2028. The growth of data centers ...

The shortage of electrical equipment remains a significant bottleneck to utility supply chains Authored by Ben Boucher, senior data analyst at Wood Mackenzie. Electricity consumption in the US ...

All regions across the bulk power system (BPS) are generally prepared to meet resource adequacy criteria to meet normal peak demand this summer, but ongoing concerns about extreme weather events, ...