5.

CUSTOMER LOAD ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY

5.1. CLASSIFICATION OF CUSTOMER FACILITIES5
In this chapter, Customers are classified according to the nature of use of their Facilities in
reality and according to their connected and demand load estimation methodology. This shall
not cause any conflict to any other customer classification used for financial and tariff purposes.
Customers' Facilities type should be determined according to the nature of the use of their
Facilities in reality and according to an approved license or official document from the
authority related to the nature of their use. In case there is a difference between the reality and
the license, Customers' Facilities type should be determined according to the nature of the use
of their Facilities in reality.
Table 4: Overview of customer facility categories

Category Definition
C1 : Normal Description Any facility used as dwelling meant for private use.
Residential
Includes Houses, duplexes, apartments, villas, palaces, istrahat, etc.
Dwelling
Description Any facility designed for use as commercial shops.
C2 : Normal
Commercial shops and stores, gold shops, pharmacies,
Commercial Shops Includes
boutiques, etc.
Any facility designed for use as furnished flats (including
C3 : Furnished Description
labor housing)
Flats
Includes Furnished flats.
Description Any facility designed for use as hotels.
C4 : Hotels
Includes Hotels, motels.
Description Any facility designed for use as malls or shopping centers.
C5 : Malls
Includes Shopping centers, malls, supermarkets, hypermarkets.
Description Any facility designed for use as restaurants.
C6 : Restaurants
Includes Restaurants, coffee shops, cafeteria.
Description Any facility designed for use as work offices.
C7 : Offices Commercial offices, government offices, office complexes,
Includes
offices, banks
Description Any facility designed for use as schools.
C8 : Schools
Includes Schools, nursery, private training institute
C9 : Mosques Description Any facility designed for use as mosques.

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Communications towers (i.e. mobile towers) may be included in any of the existing categories as additional
demand. Typically, the load for a single mobile tower ranges between 25KVA to 40KVA per site, depending on
configuration of the tower and is continuously used. Furthermore, there is trend of using solar panels for
powering them which needs to be taken into account. It is recommended that SEC should obtain information on
the expected load either from the plot owner or from the mobile company itself to add it to load estimates

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Category Definition
Includes Mosques
C10 : Mezzanine Description Any facility designed for use as mezzanine floor.
in Hotel Includes Mezzanine in hotel
C11 : Common Any facility designed for use as common area/services in
Description
Area/Services in buildings.
Buildings Includes Roof, corridors, stairs, piazza
C12 : Public Description Any facility designed for use as public services facilities.
Services Facilities Includes Outdoor bath rooms, washing rooms
C13 : Indoor Description Any facility designed for use as indoor parking.
Parking Includes Indoor parking
C14 : Outdoor Description Any facility designed for use as outdoor parking
Parking Includes Outdoor parking
C15 : Streets Description Any facility designed for use as streets lighting.
Lighting Includes Streets lights, roads lights
C16 : Parks & Description Any facility designed for use as parks & gardens.
Gardens Includes Parks & gardens
Description Any facility designed for use as open spaces.
C17 : Open Spaces
Includes Open spaces
C18 : Description Any facility designed for use as hospitals\medical facilities.
Hospitals\Medical
Includes Hospitals, medical centers
Facilities
Any facility designed for use as medical clinics (which is of
C19 : Medical Description smaller area and has limited medical facilities compared to a
Clinics hospital)
Includes Medical clinics
C20 : Any facility designed for use as universities\high educational
Description
Universities\High facilities.
Educational
Includes Universities, colleges, high educational institutes
Facilities
This includes all industries with load up to (4 MVA) inside
C21 : Light Description
designated industrial area or having industrial license.
Industries
Includes Small factories, livestock, poultry, dairy farms
Description Any facility designed for use as workshops.
C22 : Workshops
Includes Workshops
C23 : Cooling Description Any facility designed for use as cooling stores.
Stores Includes Cooling stores
Description Any facility designed for use as warehouses.
C24 : Warehouses
Includes Warehouses
C25 : Community Description Any facility designed for use as community halls.
Halls Includes Community halls, wedding party halls, auditorium
Description Any facility designed for use as recreational facilities.

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Category Definition
C26 : Recreational
Includes Clubs, theaters, cinemas, gymnasium
Facilities
C27 : This includes farms used for producing agricultural products
Description
Farms\Agricultural (big one or small)
Facilities6 Includes Farms, green houses, production farms
Description Any facility designed for use as fuel stations.
C28 : Fuel Stations
Includes Petrol pumps, fuel stations
This includes all industries with load more than (4 MVA)
C29 : Bulk Description
inside designated industrial area or having industrial license.
Factories
Includes Big factories, manufacturing plants

5.2. METHODOLOGY
1. Area load density method
This method is required to be implemented as per instructions of Ministry of Energy, Industry
and Minerals (formerly Ministry of Water & Electricity), covered area of the customer
premises is used as basic parameter for the assessment of the size of power supply to the
customer.
Its application is limited to the Residential/ Commercial customers whose areas are defined the
covered area tables. Such customers are normally expected to have uniform behavior in terms
of electrical requirements.
2. Conventional declared load method
This method is used to estimate the load of those customers who have a variety of load
requirements. It is essentially based on customer load declaration. Information regarding the
ratings of equipment to be installed and their usage is mainly required. Customer shall provide
load information/details.
· Note: Large residential/Commercial customers, where the covered area
is beyond the limits given in the relevant tables OR all other type of
customers who have a variety of load requirement irrespective of Floor
Area or Lot Size, the power supply requirement of all such customers
shall be estimated by using Declared Load Method
According to the Connected Load Estimation Methodologies, the Facilities Types are classified
into two groups as following :

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There is a proposal to differentiate between large agricultural facilities and smaller farms such that the demand
factor for small farms would be 0.6 instead of 0.8. This proposal needs to be evaluated based on observed demand
load across all regions

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 1. Area-Based Facility Type
· All Facilities Types which their Connected Load can be estimated
according to Area Load Density Method (Customer categories C1 to
C18)
2. Non Area-Based Facility Type
· All Facilities Types which their Connected Load cannot be estimated
according to Area Load Density Method and should be estimated
according to Declared Load Method (Customer categories C19 to C29)

5.3. DETERMINING COVERED/BUILT-UP AREA

There are three types of Area used in Area Load Density Method as follows:
1. Unit’s covered/built-up area
It is an individual built-up area for a customer's unit. It is calculated based on the drawings
provided by the customer of its building or the project with approved municipal documents.
2. Total covered/built-up area
It is the total built-up area for a plot land. It is the sum of covered or roofed areas excluding
services areas which are open. Building's covered area shall be cross checked with approved
municipal documents/permits to ascertain its correctness. Covered area is calculated based on
the drawings provided by the customer of its building or the project.
Where total covered area is not mentioned in the building permits, it can be calculated by
applying allowed percentage of construction of the buildings on the plot land multiplied by the
allowed number of floors in the area, by using the following equation :
 !"#"$ (%&' − ())*#" = + ,-$ *#" × *."$ +"#/"-0" 1
-2#&/'- - + ,-$ × 3&45"# 1 6#2
3. Plot land area
It is the total area for a land contains covered area's part and open area's part.

5.4. CONNECTED LOAD ESTIMATION

CONNECTED LOADS ESTIMATION FOR NORMAL RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING (FACILITY CATEGORY C1)

Calculate the total connected load (KVA) according to the Unit covered/built-up area (square
meter) from the Electricity & Cogeneration Regulatory Authority “ECRA”) guidelines. Use
the tables in Appendix 10.2.1

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 CONNECTED LOADS ESTIMATION FOR NORMAL COMMERCIAL
SHOPS (FACILITY CATEGORY C2)

Calculate the total connected load (KVA) according to the Unit covered/built-up area (square
meter) from Electricity & Cogeneration Regulatory Authority “ECRA”) guidelines. Use the
tables in Appendix 10.2.2
INTERMEDIATE VALUES OF COVERED/BUILT-UP AREA FOR
CUSTOMER CATEGORIES C1 AND C2

The values of intermediate areas shall be interpolated to the nearest value. If the exact covered
area is found in the table all values pertaining to the customer power supply can be directly
read from the table.
In the tables above, floor area with slabs provides border line values for each block. Any area
in between the slabs shall be assessed in proportion to the nearest slab and the corresponding
values determined accordingly.
* < *=
7 8 :; ? @ A ,> < ,= BC D ,=
*> < *=

Where:
, = Customer Connected Load for an intermediate area value
* = Covered area of the customer which is an intermediate value
A1 = Covered area step in the table immediate lower than area A
A2 = Covered area step in the table immediate higher than area A
CL1 = Connected load for area A1
CL2 = Connected load for area A2
The above formula can be used to calculate demand load also by replacing connected load
figures with demand load. Adjacent steps from the table shall be taken for calculating
intermediate values.
Borderline cases between floor area slabs involving decimals shall be rounded off to nearest
integers. Accordingly "0.5 and above" shall be treated as '1' and included in the higher slab and
decimal values < 0.5 shall be ignored.
The range of customer sizes in each slab has been given in terms of KVA in the tables.
CONNECTED LOADS ESTIMATION FOR COMBINED TYPE
CUSTOMER (C1 AND C2)

In case the customer building consists of both residential and commercial load e.g. shops on
ground floors and residential apartments on above floors the connected load shall be assessed
separately corresponding to the areas associated with each using the respective tables.
The total connected load shall be the sum total of the two values.

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 4. Determine floor area of the customer buildings separately for each category.
5. Read out from the appropriate tables the connected and demand load in each category.
6. Determine the total contracted load by simple addition of circuit breakers ratings in
each category.
7. Determine the total Coincident Demand Load as follows:
Total Coincident Demand Load = Single Largest Demand + (Sum of Remaining
Demands/Diversity Factor (of Remaining Demands))
CONNECTED LOADS ESTIMATION FOR C1 AND C2 WITH
CENTRAL AC

Since AC load is already included in the values provided in the tables as customer minimum
load, the same shall be subtracted from the connected load figure before adding central AC
load at the following rate:
Residential Customers = 100 VA/m2
Commercial Customers = 150 VA/m2
If the customer declared load for central AC happens to be less than the unit AC load as
computed above, central AC load shall be ignored.
1. Determine covered area of the customer building.
2. Determine the total connected load from the appropriate tables.
3. Determine the unit AC connected load as per procedure given above.
4. Subtract the estimated unit AC load from the total connected load and add customer
declared central AC load to obtain total connected load of the customer provided it is
more than the estimated unit AC load, otherwise it shall be ignored.
5. Calculate the customer demand load as follows :
Demand Load = (Non-AC Connected Load x DF) + Central AC Load
Read out all other parameters of power supply from the tables against the computed total
connected load, as obtained by above calculations.
If the demand load of the customer exceeds the circuit breaker rating provided for the slab,
select the next higher size breaker which is adequate to provide for the demand load of the
customer.
CONNECTED LOADS ESTIMATION FOR C1 AND C2 WITH BOTH
WINDOW/SPLIT AC AND CENTRAL AC

1. Determine the floor area of the customer building in each category

2. Proportionally, determine the connected and the Unit AC load for each category from
the total load corresponding to the total area.

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 3. Determine connected and demand load for the portion of the building equipped with
central AC .
Obtain total connected load of the customer as follows :
Total Connected Load = Connected Load for Central AC Area + Connected Load for Unit AC
Area
Obtain total Demand Load of the customer as follows:
Total Demand Load = Demand Load for Central AC Area + [Connected load for Unit AC Area
x D.F]
Read out all other parameters of Power supply from the tables against the computed total
Connected load (as obtained by calculations)
If the Total Demand Load (as calculated above) exceeds the circuit breaker rating provided
for the slab, select the next higher size breaker which is adequate to meet the demand load of
the customer.
CONNECTED LOADS ESTIMATION FOR CUSTOMER CATEGORIES
C1 AND C2 WITH BUILT-UP AREA EXCEEDING TABLE LIMITS
For such customers (type C1 and type C2) an average load requirement VA/m² is considered
as appropriate method for the load calculation as follows :
 --"/"$ ,$ (EF*) = %&' &) *#" (42) × ,$ G"-2'H (F*/42B / 1000
By using the following load density :
Residential Customers = 145 VA/m2
Commercial Customers = 215 VA/m2
CONNECTED LOADS ESTIMATION FOR CUSTOMER CATEGORIES
C1 AND C2 WITH CEILING HEIGHT ABOVE 3.5M
Assessment of AC Load for Mezzanine cases or for buildings with ceilings higher than the
standard height of 3.5 meters shall be as follows:
Additional volume (m³) = [Total Height (m) - Standard Height (3.5 m)] X Covered Area (m2)
Additional AC Load (VA) =(30 VA/m³) × Additional volume (m3)
The calculated extra AC load by above formula shall be added as an additional load as follows:
Total Connected Load = Standard Connected Load from tables 84, 85, 86 + Additional AC
Load
CONNECTED LOADS ESTIMATION FOR AREA-BASED TYPES
WITH ADDITIONAL SPECIAL LOADS

Connected loads according to Area Load Density Method are only covering normal loads , any
additional loads should be considered & added as additional special loads. Examples include
swimming pool loads, additional elevators, Central AC, etc.

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 CONNECTED LOADS ESTIMATION FOR OTHER AREA-BASED
CUSTOMER FACILITY TYPES (C3 – C17)

For all such customers (from type C3 up to type C17) an average load requirement VA/m² is
considered as appropriate method for the load calculation. This is illustrated in Table 5.
 --"/"$ ,$ (EF*) = %&' &) *#" (42) × ,$ G"-2'H (F*/42) / 1000
Table 5: Load Estimation for other area-based facilities, facilities without AC and facilities in Winter Peak
Area
Load Estimation for Load Estimation for
Load Estimation for
other area-based Facilities in Winter
Facilities without AC
Customer Facilities (Types C3 to Peak Area (Without AC
Code (District Cooling)
Category C17) and with Heating)
Loads Loads Loads
VA/m2 VA/m2 VA/m2
included* included* included*
(Lights + Air (Lights + Air
(Lights + Power
C3 Furnished Flats Conditioning + 175
Sockets)
80 Heating + 145
Power Sockets) Power Sockets)
(Lights + Air (Lights + Air
(Lights + Power
C4 Hotels Conditioning + 240
Sockets)
95 Heating + 195
Power Sockets) Power Sockets)
(Lights + Air (Lights + Air
(Lights + Power
C5 Malls Conditioning + 255
Sockets)
75 Heating + 200
Power Sockets) Power Sockets)
(Lights + Air (Lights + Air
(Lights + Power
C6 Restaurants Conditioning + 235 95 Heating + 195
Sockets)
Power Sockets) Power Sockets)
(Lights + Air (Lights + Air
(Lights + Power
C7 Offices Conditioning + 220 90 Heating + 180
Sockets)
Power Sockets) Power Sockets)
(Lights + Air (Lights + Air
(Lights + Power
C8 Schools Conditioning + 180
Sockets)
80 Heating + 150
Power Sockets) Power Sockets)
(Lights + Air (Lights + Air
(Lights + Power
C9 Mosques Conditioning + 185
Sockets)
65 Heating + 150
Power Sockets) Power Sockets)
(Lights + Air (Lights + Air
Mezzanine in (Lights + Power
C10 Conditioning + 100 40 Heating + 80
Hotel Power Sockets)
Sockets)
Power Sockets)
Common
(Lights + Power (Lights + Power (Lights +
C11 Area/Services in Sockets)
60
Sockets)
60
Power Sockets)
60
Buildings
Public Services (Lights + Power (Lights + Power (Lights +
C12 Sockets)
50
Sockets)
50
Power Sockets)
50
Facilities
(Lights + Vans
(Lights + Vans + (Lights + Vans
+ Gates +
C13 Indoor Parking Gates + Safety 30 + Gates + 30
Safety
30
Systems) Safety Systems)
Systems)
C14 Outdoor Parking (Lights) 5 (Lights) 5 (Lights) 5
C15 Streets Lighting (Lights) 5 (Lights) 5 (Lights) 5
(Lights + Water (Lights + Water (Lights + Water
C16 Parks & Garden Distributor)
4
Distributor)
4
Distributor)
4

C17 Open Spaces (Lights) 3 (Lights) 3 (Lights) 3

(Lights + Air
Hospitals\Medical (Lights + Power
C18 Sockets)
115 Heating + 210
Facilities Power Sockets)

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 Load Estimation for Load Estimation for
Load Estimation for
other area-based Facilities in Winter
Facilities without AC
Customer Facilities (Types C3 to Peak Area (Without AC
Code (District Cooling)
Category C17) and with Heating)
Loads Loads Loads
VA/m2 VA/m2 VA/m2
included* included* included*
(Lights + Air
(Lights + Power
C19 Medical Clinics Sockets)
100 Heating + 190
Power Sockets)
Universities/High (Lights + Air
(Lights + Power
C20 Educational Sockets)
125 Heating + 210
Facilities Power Sockets)
(Lights +
(Lights +
Motors +
C21 Light Industries Motors + Power 240
Power Sockets
265
Sockets)
+ Heating)
(Lights + Power (Lights +
C22 Workshops Sockets)
80
Power Sockets)
80
(Lights
(Lights + Power
C23 Cooling Stores Sockets)
25 +Chillers + 260
Power Sockets)
(Lights + Vans (Lights + Vans
C24 Warehouses + Power 70 + Power 70
Sockets) Sockets)
(Lights + Air
(Lights + Power
C25 Community Halls Sockets)
115 Heating + 195
Power Sockets)
(Lights + Air
Recreational (Lights + Power
C26 90 Heating + 165
Facilities Sockets)
Power Sockets)
Farms\Agricultural (Lights + Power (Lights +
C27 115 125
Facilities Sockets) Power Sockets)
(Lights + Power (Lights +
C28 Fuel Stations Sockets)
70
Power Sockets)
85
(Lights +
(Lights +
Motors +
C29 Bulk Factories Motors + Power 250
Power Sockets
280
Sockets)
+ Heating)

* Table covers only normal loads. Any additional loads will be considered & added as special
loads.
CONNECTED LOADS ESTIMATION FOR NON-AREA BASED
CUSTOMER FACILITY TYPES (C18 TO C29)

For all such customers (from type C18 up to type C29), SEC is to ask customer for declared
list (use Conventional Declared Load method) and use individual equipment demand loads.
SEC – Load Declaration Form (SEC-LD)
· Where the covered area is beyond table limits and for all types of customers who have
a variety of load requirement irrespective of floor area or plot size cannot be assessed
for their power supply requirement by Table 5: Load Estimation for other area-based
facilities, facilities without AC and facilities in Winter Peak Area
· Use the load declaration form in Appendix 10.4 which covers various industrial
(motors) equipment, to assess the connected load of industrial, light industries
(including hangers and warehouses) and agricultural customers as in the past.

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 · These customers will be requested to fill this form at the time of filing request of supply
application. This will be the basic information for the study of power supply
requirement of the customer.
· Ascertain the customer declared load is not less than the minimum load indicated in
Appendix – Load declarations by customers – SEC enquiry form.
· Review of the connected load of large customers SEC – Enquiry Form (SEC-EF)
· Large customers whose load exceeds the standard level will continue to declare their
load on the consolidated SEC Enquiry Form (SEC-EF) attached in the Appendix – Load
declarations by customers – SEC enquiry form. These customers will be requested to
fill this form at the time of filing request of supply application. This will be the basic
information for the study of power supply requirement of the customer
CONNECTED LOADS ESTIMATION FOR FACILITIES WITHOUT AC
(DISTRICT COOLING)
For all such customers, an average load requirement VA/m² is considered as appropriate
method for the load calculation. This is illustrated in Table 5.
CONNECTED LOADS ESTIMATION FOR FACILITIES IN WINTER
PEAK AREA (WITHOUT AC & WITH HEATING)

For all customers, belonging to areas where Air Conditioners are not used and instead heating
appliances are used due to specific climatic conditions. Specifically for these customers an
average load requirement VA/m² is considered the appropriate method for the load calculation
as given in Table 5
SPECIALS PROCEDURES FOR FACILITY WITHOUT AC (DISTRICT
COOLING)

When a customer facility with a District Cooling system (Load without AC) apply to get power
from SEC network , SEC should ask this customer to make an agreement with Cooling System
Provider.
The customer should submit a copy from the signed agreement between customer and Cooling
System Provider to SEC.
The customer should ask the Cooling System Provider to coordinate with SEC to study the
demand required for the Cooling System Provider.
After finalizing the study regards to supply of the Cooling System Provider , SEC will study
the load of the customer without AC by using Table 5.

5.5. EXAMPLES
Example (1):

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Calculate building area of a residential plot of raw area 600 m2 and building percentage 60%,
consists of three floors and an attachment of area (40% of the floor area).

Building area for the individual floor (m2) = area of the individual plot × floors building
percentage = 600 × 60% = 360 m2

Attachment building area (m2) = surface area × attachment building percentage = 360 × 40%
= 144 m2

Plot building area (m2) = Building area for the individual floor × number of floors +
Attachment building area = 360 × 3 + 144 = 1224 m2

Example (2):

Calculate building area of a plot allocated for a mosque of raw area 2000 m2 and there is
information provided from the secretariat/ municipality about the number of floors and building
percentage.

If there is no information available about the building percentage and number of floors, factors
will be taken according to table in Chapter 5 as a minimum for the building system of this
facility.

Building area (m2) = Area of the individual plot × building percentage × number of floors =
2000 × 50% × 2 = 2000 m2

Example (3):

Calculate building area of the individual unit in a residential plot of raw area 500 m2 and
building percentage 60%, consists of three floors, and there is no information available from
the secretariat/ municipality about the number of units.

Building of the individual floor (m2) = Area of the individual plot × floors building percentage
= 500 × 60% = 300 m2

Floors building area (m2) = Building of the individual floor × number of floors = 300 × 3 =
900m2

Individual unit building area (m2) = Floors building area ÷ number of units

In case of unavailability of the number of units, (2) units will be taken for each floor according
to Chapter 5

Individual unit building area (m2) = 900 ÷ 6 = 150 m2

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Example (4):

Calculate building CL for a mosque of building area 2000 m2

CL for the individual unit (KVA) = building area of the individual unit (m2) × load density
factor (VA/m2) ÷ 1000

From the tables in Chapter 5, load density factor for the mosque (C9) = 185 ((VA/m2)

= (2000 × 185) ÷ 1000 = 370 KVA

Example (6):

Calculate connected load of normal residential building type C1 with covered area of 200m2
and height of 5 meters connected at 400V

For a normal residential building (type C1), the connected load is 32 KVA (as per Table 79)

However, the height of the building is more than standard height (which is 3.5m). Hence, there
will be additional cost of AC cooling, which is mentioned in Section 5.4.8

Additional volume (m³) = [Total Height (m) - Standard Height (3.5 m)] X Covered Area (m2)
= (5m-3.5m) x 200m2 = 300 m3
Additional AC Load (VA) =(30 VA/m³) × Additional volume (m3)
= 30 x 300 = 9000 VA = 9 KVA
So, total connected load of the building is 41 KVA (32 + 9)
Example (7):

Calculate CL (KVA) for streets lighting request with a circuit breaker rating 400 A on 400/230
V.

CL (KVA) = ,'- EF* =√3× ,'- *M+ × F,, ÷1000

= 1.73 × 400 × 400 ÷ 1000 = 277 KVA

Example (8):

Calculate connected load of commercial building type C1 with covered area of 5000m2

This is a normal commercial building (type C2) whose area exceeds the limits given in Table
81. Hence, the formula is section 5.4.7 will be applied.

 --"/"$ ,$ (EF*) = %&' &) *#" (42) × ,$ G"-2'H (F*/42B / 1000
By using the following load density :

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Residential Customers = 145 VA/m2
Commercial Customers = 215 VA/m2
Total Connected Load = 5000 x 215 = 1075 KVA

Example (9)

Calculate connected load of normal residential building type C1 with covered area of 200m2
with central AC. The declared AC load by customer is 24 KVA

The formula from section 5.4.5 will be applicable here

From Table 79, it can be ascertained that the connected load for a residential building is 32KVA
AC load is estimated using the formula and values from section 5.4.5 as: 200m2 x 100 VA/m2
= 20KVA
This gives the non-AC load to be 12KVA
In this case, the declared AC load by customer is higher than the calculated AC load and
therefore, will be used for calculations. However, if the declared load is missing or less than
20KVA, the figure of 20KVA will be used
Demand load is calculated using the following formula:

Demand Load = (Non-AC Connected Load x DF) + Central AC Load

In this case, demand load = 12x0.6 + 24 = 31.2KVA

This corresponds to connected load of 52KVA (31.2/0.6) and as per Table 80, this gives the
circuit breaker rating as 70A

Example (9)

Calculate connected load of normal residential building type C1 with covered area of 300m2
with combined central AC and unit AC. The area catered by unit AC is 125m2 and declared
AC demand load is 10KVA

The formula from section 5.4.6 will be applicable here

For area covered by unit AC, demand load (as per Table 80) = 20KVA with circuit breaker size
of 30A

For area covered by central AC, demand load is calculated using formula in section 5.4.5

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AC load = 175m2 x 100 VA/m2 = 17.5KVA and non-AC load = 28KVA – 17.5KVA =
8.5KVA

In this case, AC load declared by customer is less than calculated AC load and hence, the
calculated AC load will be used.

So, demand load for area served by central AC = 8.5x0.6 + 17.5 = 22.6KVA

Total demand load for the unit = 20 + 22.6 = 42.6KVA which corresponds to connected load
of 71KVA and hence, a circuit breaker size of 100A

5.6. CIRCUIT BREAKER AND METER SIZES

Circuit breaker and meter sizes are standardized by SEC. The customers are charged based on
circuit breaker size in KVA instead of the declared/minimum connected load.

5.7. SERVICE METER FOR NORMAL RESIDENTIAL DWELLING AND

NORMAL COMMERCIAL SHOPS TYPES
A 20 Amps circuit breaker is normally considered to be adequate for general services. If it does
not meet customer requirement due to big associated facilities/equipment. Declared Load
method shall be used to assess the connected and demand load for service meter.

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5.8. DEMAND FACTORS FOR ALL FACILITY TYPES
Table 6: Demand factors for all facility types

Code Customer Category DF

C1 Normal Residential Dwelling 0.60
C2 Normal Commercial Shops7 0.70
C3 Furnished Flats 0.70
C4 Hotels 0.75
C5 Malls 0.70
C6 Restaurants 0.70
C7 Offices 0.70
C8 Schools 0.80
C9 Mosques 0.90
C10 Mezzanine in Hotel 0.75
C11 Common Area/Services in Buildings 0.80
C12 Public Services Facilities 0.75
C13 Indoor Parking 0.80
C14 Outdoor Parking 0.90
C15 Streets Lighting 0.90
C16 Parks & Garden 0.80
C17 Open Spaces 0.90
C18 Hospitals\Medical Facilities 0.80
C19 Medical Clinics 0.70
C20 Universities/High Educational Facilities 0.80
C21 Light Industries 0.90
C22 Workshops 0.90
C23 Cooling Stores 0.90
C24 Warehouses 0.70
C25 Community Halls 0.80
C26 Recreational Facilities 0.80
C27 Farms/ Agricultural Facilities 0.90
C28 Fuel Stations 0.70
C29 Bulk Factories 0.90

5.9. COINCIDENT FACTORS

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There is a proposal to reduce the demand factor of category C2 from 0.7 to 0.6. This needs to be studied based
on observed demand load in all regions for this load category before a decision is made

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Table 7: Coincident factors

Number Number Number

Coincident Coincident Coincident
of of of
Factor Factor Factor
Meters Meters Meters
CF(N) CF(N) CF(N)
N N N
1 1.000 34 0.581 67 0.568
2 0.723 35 0.581 68 0.568
3 0.688 36 0.580 69 0.568
4 0.668 37 0.579 70 0.568
5 0.654 38 0.579 71 0.567
6 0.644 39 0.578 72 0.567
7 0.636 40 0.578 73 0.567
8 0.629 41 0.577 74 0.567
9 0.624 42 0.577 75 0.566
10 0.619 43 0.576 76 0.566
11 0.616 44 0.576 77 0.566
12 0.612 45 0.575 78 0.566
13 0.609 46 0.575 79 0.566
14 0.607 47 0.575 80 0.566
15 0.604 48 0.574 81 0.565
16 0.602 49 0.574 82 0.565
17 0.600 50 0.573 83 0.565
18 0.598 51 0.573 84 0.565
19 0.597 52 0.573 85 0.565
20 0.595 53 0.572 86 0.564
21 0.594 54 0.572 87 0.564
22 0.592 55 0.572 88 0.564
23 0.591 56 0.571 89 0.564
24 0.590 57 0.571 90 0.564
25 0.589 58 0.571 91 0.564
26 0.588 59 0.570 92 0.564
27 0.587 60 0.570 93 0.563
28 0.586 61 0.570 94 0.563
29 0.585 62 0.570 95 0.563
30 0.584 63 0.569 96 0.563
31 0.583 64 0.569 97 0.563
32 0.583 65 0.569 98 0.563
33 0.582 66 0.568 99 0.563

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