Record Electricity Demand in Florida as People Try to Stay Warm
January 11th, 2010Via: Florida Today:
Demand for electricity across the bitterly cold Sunshine State has shattered Florida Power and Light’s all-time record.
“This morning, we set a new all-time record peak load on the electrical system, with customers drawing more than 23,500 megawatt-hours of power,” said Sarah Marmion, FPL spokeswoman. “This breaks FPL’s previous peak record, which occurred on Aug. 17, 2005.”
Peak load that steamy summer day: 22,361 megawatt-hours.
