Economy
Power Demand Sets Summer Record Again
Written: 2016-07-26 18:34:10 / Updated: 2016-07-27 07:52:47
Electricity demand has reached an all-time summer high amid the unrelenting heat wave.
Power demand recorded 81-point-one-one million kilowatts at 3 p.m. Tuesday, breaking the previous record of 80-point-22 million kilowatts set the previous day.
It’s already the third time this summer the record has been broken.
Power demand reached 78-point-two million kilowatts to set a record on July eleventh and surpassed the 80 million-kilowatt mark for the first time on Monday.
The country’s power reserve rate also fell to nine-point-six percent on Tuesday, marking the second time this year that the rate fell below ten percent since July eleventh.
The highest electricity demand for any season was 82-point-97 million kilowatts recorded on January 21st this year.
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