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7057: Utilities Guide to Plug Load Proliferation in Residential Markets
Over the last decade, the nature of the aggregate electrical load served by U.S. and Canadian distribution utilities has changed as electronic loads, such as new energy-efficient lighting technologies, switched-mode power supplies, and appliances with variable speed drives, become more ubiquitous in distribution systems. One category of these new load types is plug loads, that is, residential loads that are supplied by a removable connection to a power outlet. Examples of electronic plug loads a
Aug 28, 2012 - Aug 1, 2013