A source can be producing power while a payload waits. A connection may be unavailable, a receiver may be too hot, or stored energy may be reserved for a more important task. Understanding the whole chain changes how a power system is designed and measured.
Measure where work happens.
A transmitter's output and a receiver's useful electrical output are different quantities. Conversion, transmission and the receiving equipment each affect what reaches the load. Comparing systems requires a stated boundary, operating conditions and a measurement method that follows the energy through those stages.
The same discipline applies to wired systems. Voltage at a source does not describe every connected load. Transients, distribution losses, storage behavior and protection can change the result. A useful test records those conditions alongside the measurement, so another engineer can understand what was demonstrated and repeat the comparison.
Treat heat as part of power.
Energy that a receiver does not convert into electricity can become heat. Its ability to reject that heat can limit how much power it accepts. Increasing the source alone may not increase useful delivery. The receiver, its thermal interface and the environment have to be considered together.
Heat can also be useful. One process may need to shed it while another needs warmth. Shared thermal services can connect those needs, but their value depends on temperature, distance and timing. If every user reaches its peak together, a shared system still has to handle that peak. Surviving a dark interval and continuing productive work through it remain different requirements.
Plan the return to work.
Control turns resource limits into an operating sequence. Which loads continue when supply falls? Which tasks wait? What happens to unfinished work, and what must start first when power returns? These decisions belong in the system definition, where they can be tested alongside the hardware.
This connects the direction of CC-100 and WIRES. The control architecture addresses what the site does with available resources. Power-transfer measurement establishes what reaches the receiving boundary. Together, those questions give an engineer a clearer target: enough usable energy, within the equipment's limits, to carry out the work that matters.