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.