Power Fundamentals
Service entrance is the point where utility power enters the customer facility or customer-owned distribution system. Its ownership boundary, metering, protection, voltage, and physical location affect design responsibility and tariff treatment.
Special Flood Hazard Area is a FEMA-mapped area with special flood, mudflow, or flood-related erosion hazards. It generally represents higher regulatory and insurance concern and should be treated as a major site-screening layer.
Read definition →Resource adequacy is the ability of the power system to have enough supply, imports, demand response, and reserves to meet expected demand plus reliability margins. AI load growth has made resource adequacy a core large-load planning issue.
Read definition →A circuit breaker interrupts current under normal switching or fault conditions. Breaker ratings must match voltage, continuous current, interrupting duty, protection scheme, and system fault levels.
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