LIPA Urges More Residential Conservation as Region Enters 3rd Day of Heat Wave

Uniondale, NY – August 3, 2006 – With Long Island setting new peak-demand and 24-hour electric use records during the current multi-day heat wave, a new electricity use pattern seems to be developing. Residential electric use after 6PM is soaring and well into the night.

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	August 3, 2006 Release

LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel noted that yesterday’s new peak-hour record of 5730 MWs beat last year’s peak-hour of 5267 by 463 MWs – the largest year-to-year increase in peak-hour demand in Long Island’s history.

LIPA Urges More Residential Conservation as Region Enters 3rd Day of Heat Wave

LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel noted that yesterday’s new peak-hour record of 5730 MWs beat last year’s peak-hour of 5267 by 463 MWs – the largest year-to-year increase in peak-hour demand in Long Island’s history.