### Question
Can you define what intermediate load powerplant means?


### Answer
**Intermediate load powerplant** is defined as the following in *42 U.S.C. § 8302*:

> a powerplant (other than a peakload powerplant), the electrical generation of which in kilowatt hours does not exceed, for any 12-calendar-month period, such powerplant's design capacity multiplied by 3,500 hours

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 8302*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 92-POWERPLANT AND INDUSTRIAL FUEL USE > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

