Electric Potential Energy is the amount of energy a charge has based on the position of the charge in an electric field. The unit of Electric Potential Energy are Joules. In a diagram like the one above, the positive charges always have the higher potential energy and the negative charges always have the lower potential energy. Also, the flow of the energy in the diagram above goes from positive to negative. So if the positive test charge is near the positive charges it will have high potential energy, but if the positive test charge is near the negative charges then it will have a lower potential energy.
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