Hourly Electricity Demand Profiles for U.S. Electric Bus Depots

Modeled hourly electricity demand profiles for electric transit bus depots in the United States, as described in Liu et al. (2025). It contains one-week profiles for each modeled depot.

Use Cases

• Model depot-level energy consumption using hourly load profiles for grid impact studies.
• Analyze load profile patterns for electric transit bus depots to inform charging infrastructure planning.
• Simulate electricity demand scenarios for U.S. electric bus depots to support utility planning.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a published NREL technical report (NREL/TP-5400-92140).
• Profiles are provided at an hourly resolution for detailed temporal analysis.
• Focuses on a specific and emerging application area: electric transit bus depots.

Limitations

• Data is modeled, not measured, which may not reflect real-world conditions.
• The temporal coverage is limited to one-week profiles, not long-term historical data.
• Specific details on the number of modeled depots or geographic distribution are not provided.

Provenance

Source

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Department of Energy.

Collection Method

Modeled profiles as described in the cited NREL technical report.

Time Range

Profiles represent a one-week period; specific dates are not provided.

Freshness

Dataset was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

United States.