Inside every professionally built distribution cabinet, the neatly aligned busbars form the structural backbone of electrical energy transmission. These busbar conductors carry large currents and serve as critical links between transformers, switching devices, and downstream loads. Engineering use: Busbars are common in switchgear, panelboards, substations, busway, battery systems, and industrial power distribution equipment. What controls it:. In electric power distribution, a busbar (also bus bar) is a metallic strip or bar, typically housed inside switchgear, panel boards, and busway enclosures for local high current power distribution, transmission, or switching substations. In simple terms, a busbar can be.