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By Curt Puckett,
Craig Williamson,
Claude Godin,
Will Gifford,
Jonathan Farland,
Tom Laing,
and Tao Hong

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HISTORICALLY, UTILITIES HAVE STUDIED HOW THEIR CUStomers use electricity through load research, the practice of studying the
characteristics of electric loads. The outcomes of load research play a critical
role in cost-of-service studies and rate design as well as in many other activities, such as transformer sizing, demand-side management, load settlement,
and load forecasting. Despite its existence for nearly a century (as described
in the "History" column in this issue of IEEE Power & Energy Magazine),
load research is not a widely known subject in the power engineering community. This article describes the current practices and explores the future of
load research and expansion of interval load analytics in the utility industry.

Utility Load
Research
The Future of Load Research Is Now
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