Day of the Week in Planning
LEW HANES: What are some of the other things that you consider in planning?
BILL MELTON: Day of the week is a factor. For example, the weekend load
is up higher than it used to be. We tend to run a higher load on
Monday morning than during the other mornings of the week. Peaks
usually will not fall on a Friday even though the temperatures and historical
data you pull for similar weather patterns on other weekdays suggest that
peaks should occur.