Power Grid Reports Record Usage

Customers battling the heat broke a record for peak power usage in 13 states and the District of Columbia.

PJM Interconnection says the record was set at 5 p.m. Thursday as customers used 158,450 megawatts of power. Each megawatt power about 1,000 homes.

The previous record for peak demand was set on August 2, 2006.

PJM company says its supplies held up to the demand from 58 million customers.

Temperatures are expected to remain very high Friday in much of the region, hovering near 100 degrees in some areas.

PJM serves customers in Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

from the AP