New record set for electricity demand: FortisBC
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FortisBC customers used 777 megawatts of power on Dec. 27, eclipsing the old mark of 764 megawatts that was set during the heat dome in late June.
FortisBC says a new record for electricity demand was broken this week.
According to the energy company, customers in the Southern Interior used 777 megawatts on Monday, Dec. 27, eclipsing the old mark of 764 megawatts.
The previous record was set earlier this year, on June 29, during the scorching heat dome that saw temperatures rise to the high 40s in the region.
Further, energy consumed during that blistering heat-dome day shattered the previous record of 746 megawatts, which was set on Dec. 20, 2008.
So, not only did this week’s record break the recently set record by 13 megawatts, but it was also 31 megawatts more than the previous winter peak in 2008.
FortisBC says peak electricity use tends to occur in mid-January.
A megawatt is one million watts — a massive amount of power.
And all that power was consumed in just one big area: from the Central Okanagan to the South Okanagan, and east to Creston.
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