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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut
Honest question: would ACs in a heat wave count as baseload or peak?
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The baseload on a grid is defined as
the minimum level of demand on an electrical grid over a span of time. Any AC power draw during the period of minimum demand would contribute to that period's base load.
Having said that, the period with minimum demand is usually during the middle of the night, and ACs tend to be very lightly used then (since it is likely cooler at night and there is no infrared radiation from the sun to heat the buildings), so their contribution to that time period's base load will be minimal and the vast majority of the extra load from ACs in a head wave would be considered peak.
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