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kamaal on Sept 27, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: India unveils $2.5B plan to electrify all househol...

That is the very definition of shortage. We are sure not discussing things like peak load capacity here.

Dylan16807 on Sept 27, 2017 [–]

> We are sure not discussing things like peak load capacity here.

Right. I'm talking about how there can be an average surplus and also a peak shortage at the same time.

Articles talking about "power surplus" can't seem to decide if they mean average or peak, and I can't find an official definition of the term.

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