Which equipment carries power from service equipment to distribution equipment?

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Power moves from the service equipment through conductors designed to carry the load to the next stage of distribution. Those conductors are the feeder, which connects service equipment to distribution equipment such as panelboards or distribution panels. From distribution equipment, branch circuits then carry power to individual loads like lights and outlets. The grounding electrode isn’t used to carry normal operating current; it provides a grounding path for fault currents. So the element that carries power from service equipment to distribution equipment is the feeder.