Glossary Term: Profile Class
Acronym: PC
A Load Profile represents the pattern of electricity usage by day and by year for the average customer in each one of the eight Profile Classes.
We create Profiles (daily, seasonal, yearly, per day type, etc.) for each of the eight Profile Classes by randomly selecting sites and installing half-hourly meters at these sites or getting half-hourly consumption data directly from Suppliers.
These samples are designed to provide Profiles that are representative of all meters in each Profile Class.
BSC defined definition
A classification of profiles which represents an exclusive category of customers whose Consumption can be reasonably approximated to a common profile for Settlement purposes; defined in Annex X-2;