Campus Electric Bulk Distribution

College and university campuses distribute electric energy in tranches of 5 to 500 megawatts; typically at voltages above 1000 VAC and are generally regarded as load-side services. Part III of Article 110, large sections of Chapter 3 and Article 495 of the 2026 National Electrical Code. We examine them during today’s colloquium on university-owned underground power distribution downstream from the merchant utility point of common coupling (service point).