Customer Power Demand Hits Record for Second Day in a Row; Consumers Energy Asks Customers to Continue to Conserve Electricity
August 01 2006 - 11:18PM
PR Newswire (US)
JACKSON, Mich., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Customer demand for power on
the Consumers Energy system hit a record for the second day in a
row today and the utility asked customers to continue to reduce
their electricity use until the heat wave lifts. Even with customer
conservation, the demand for power on the utility's system reached
an all-time record high of 8,994 megawatts from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
today. That broke the previous record of 8,790 megawatts set from 4
p.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday. "We appreciate the efforts our customers
have made to reduce their power use over the past two days and
thank them for their assistance. Their efforts truly have made a
difference," said John Russell, president and chief operating
officer of Consumers Energy. "We ask them to continue to conserve
power until the heat wave lifts. We have adequate power supplies.
However, if each customer takes a few steps to conserve power, that
will help us ensure the stability of the system and reliable
service to all of our 1.8 million customers during this heat wave."
Tips on reducing electricity use are available at the "Heat Alert"
banner on the Consumers Energy website:
http://www.consumersenergy.com/. Consumers Energy, the principal
subsidiary of CMS Energy, provides natural gas and electricity to
nearly 6.5 million of Michigan's 10 million residents in all 68
Lower Peninsula counties. DATASOURCE: Consumers Energy CONTACT:
Jeff Holyfield, +1-517-788-2394, Dan Bishop, +1-517-788-2395, Tim
Pietryga, +1-616-530-4364, or Terry DeDoes, +1-517-374-2159, all
for Consumers Energy Web site: http://www.consumersenergy.com/
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