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According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity Demand Since 2017:
From July 15 through July 22, 2019, a heat wave extending from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast brought extremely high temperatures and humidity to those regions. The high temperatures resulted in elevated demand for electricity to power air conditioners, dehumidifiers, fans, and other cooling equipment. In the hour ending at 6:00 p.m. ET on Friday, July 19, hourly electricity demand in the Lower 48 states peaked at 704 gigawatts (GW), according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) U.S. Electric System Operating Data. Electricity demand has not been this high since July 20, 2017, nearly two years ago, when electricity demand in the Lower 48 states hit 718 GW.
NB: The EIA site was giving errors when trying to access the details page for this story. The summary provided here is available on the EIA's main page which is linked to at the top of the story.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 02 2019, @09:33PM (3 children)
Your problem has more to do with your apartment building than the electrical company. They most likely built cheaply and with no regard to heating/cooling efficiency (because those costs are passed to you). Some of it might also be due to building codes requiring/banning certain techniques and materials but the majority of the blame will go to insufficient insulation and shitty thermal design.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Friday August 02 2019, @10:46PM (2 children)
Actually, no. They built this unit with pretty good insulation, there are maybe 30 days of the year I need to turn on the heater, and 30 days I want to turn on the air.
The problem is SDG&E is too farukin expensive for what they provide. $50/month for a refrigerator, TV, PS4, and assorted clock radios is stupid expensive.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 02 2019, @11:21PM
Maybe your house is bugged?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 03 2019, @12:21AM
fridge makes the outside hotter and the inside cooler. so be sure the temperatur difference doesnt stall, like open a "shaded" window to outside or relocate the fridge?
also measure fridge amps. it might be "broken". i had one, knew, sat on it until it really broke. replaced it with a smaller, inverter type fridge and saved half of energy used. also i like to keep the fridge stuffed. if it is not full i put bottles of water and leave them. it helps keep cold mass inside since air escapes easily with every access?
same for air. you could fill a bucket with water, place it in room before 4 pm and let the air cool it down, then set the air higher by 2 deg. C after 4 pm and ride thru the expensive phase of energy usage?
if the going really gets tuff, partition the air room off; make the area to cool smaller.
i think making access points (doors) to the cold room smaller for less loss during access, however, is not realistic ^_^