It is expected that the use of electricity on the largest American grid, which serves almost one fifth of Americans from Washington DC to Illinois, will rise to 12 years because the intensive needs of air -conditioning heat.
The heat wave will begin to take care of Saturday in the middle of the Atlantic with temperatures on Monday on Monday, 13 degrees above the diameter, according to accuweather.com. Households and businesses relying on the grid managed by PJM Interconnection LLC can use up to 158.5 gigawatts at about 17:00 et. This would make it the highest hourly demand since July 2013 and is above the expected summer high, showing PJM data.
High-time maximum demand for electricity was set in 2006, nearly 165.6 gigawatts.
The growth of PJM demand will be reflected after it has disappeared for a better part of the decade, because new data centers have appeared in North Virginia and spread over the grid. More efficient appliances and bulbs have stopped growth for years. Consumer costs are also beginning to rise, especially after last year the auctions to the reserves increased to a record maximum to a 12 -month period, which began on 1 June.
Prices for Monday have risen to an average of $ 200 per megawatt hour in shift contractions, which is about five times the increase from Friday-Cena, said Gary Cunningham, director of the market survey in Tradition Energy.
“SWATH of heat stretches from the central plain to the large apple will bring record heat to many metropolitan areas, but it is happening early in the year when energy requirements should be ashamed in most areas,” he said.
The areas on the east coast, which rely on PJM, last much higher and volatile prices than parts of the Midwest, he said.
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