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Yes, I saw 119762 was marked not-a-bug, but I don't think it properly (completely) described the issue.

The same loaders in the save game provided in 118529 are in play here. In 2.0.13 each loader showed a different value for their max energy consumption that was relatively accurate. In 2.0.14 many of the loaders are showing the SAME max consumption value and none of them are close to what they should be.

The loaders are configured to consume 4kJ / item with a 2kW Min Drain.

15/s * 4 kJ + 2 kW = 62 kW
30 * 4 + 2 = 122
45 * 4 + 2 = 182
60 * 4 + 2 = 242
90 * 4 + 2 = 362
135 * 4 + 2 = 542
180 * 4 + 2 = 722
225 * 4 + 2 = 902
270 * 4 + 2 = 1082

These values are what is actually calculated and consumed per the Electric Network Info Graph.
However, the entity descriptions show 482 kW Max Consumption for each of the first 5 loaders (15, 30, 45, 60, and 90). Shows 962 kW for the next 3 (135, 180, 255) and 1.44 kW for the 270/s loader.

Your expectarions are based on average consumption, electric network gui shows you average values. Reported max energy is a single tick max. As i said, not a bug.

But all the different speed loaders should show the same value? Was that a compromise that came in with the fix for 118529? Prior to that the showed reasonable values.

120 items/second equals 1 item per lane per tick.
240 items/second equals 2 items per lane per tick.

First group has max for 1 item per tick, second for 2 and last (270ips) falls into 3 items per lane per tick max.

Thanks for the added explanation. Was just wrapping my head around that and doing the additional maths too. I understand now. Thanks for putting up with me.