SHREVEPORT, La – Extreme summer temperatures of 100 degrees and above and high humidity across Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas again last week sent usage of electricity by customers of AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) to another new all-time high level.
A new peak customer demand was established last Wednesday, August 11, 2010, with a record 4,993 megawatt (MW) load on the SWEPCO system, breaking the old mark of 4,990 MWs set just the week before on August 4, 2010, when the Shreveport temperature was 101 degrees.
The old record prior to this summer had been set on August 4, 2008, with a 4,950 MW load.
A megawatt is a million watts, or enough energy to supply power to about 750 homes.
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