HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) — Despite the heat wave, New England's power grid is not expected to break its record electricity use of four years ago.
Ellen Foley, spokeswoman for ISO-New England, the region's grid operator, said Tuesday that consumer demand is expected to reach a peak of 27,000 megawatts. The record is 28,130 megawatts used on Aug. 2, 2006.
She says the long holiday weekend when offices and some businesses were closed, the weak economy that has pushed down energy demand and improved energy efficiency should ensure that electricity use won't be a record-breaker.
If necessary, Foley says ISO can bring in electricity from outside the region, call on large customers to cut electricity use and ask all consumers to turn down or shut off appliances.
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