Storage & energy management
Industry Term

Critical loads

Critical loads are the most important electrical loads to keep powered during an outage, such as refrigeration, lighting, medical devices, networking equipment, or selected HVAC loads.
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What does Critical loads mean?

Critical loads are the most important electrical loads to keep powered during an outage, such as refrigeration, lighting, medical devices, networking equipment, or selected HVAC loads.

How does Critical loads affect backup power and energy savings?

This term affects how energy is stored, shifted, backed up, or valued over time. Storage is where solar stops being only a daytime resource and starts behaving like a controllable asset.

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