New York – New Yorkers are being asked to reduce electricity use as this week’s heat wave is driving near record demand for power.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo says people should cut back as much as possible to take pressure off the state’s power grid and help prevent outages or brownouts.
He says Thursday that experts monitoring the grid expect demand to hit record levels.
Consumers are being asked to set air conditioner thermostats no lower than 78 degrees and to turn off air conditioning when spaces aren’t occupied. They’re also urged to turn off any unnecessary lights and use appliances only in early morning or late at night when overall demand is generally lower.
State health officials continue to warn people about taking care to stay hydrated, eat light and avoid strenuous activity.
Gotta love it in the winter they tell you heat no more than 65 necessary and summer 78 is fine am I missing something? Don’t answer I’m not interested in your excuses
Who are they kidding? Con Ed has been cutting back power for a couple of days already. My air conditioners are barely cooling the place even if I set the temperature at a low thermostat. According to my wall thermometer it’s over 80º in here.
Gotta love it in the winter they tell you heat no more than 65 necessary and summer 78 is fine am I missing something? Don’t answer I’m not interested in your excuses
102-78=24
They are so full of crap. They always tell us to conserve energy throughout the year and they keep raising prices. They just want to make a buck and not have to deal with needing to upgrade their aging infrastructure to actually provide decent service.
“Cuomo says people should cut back as much as possible to take pressure off the state’s power grid”
I have no mercy on them! These companies keep on hiking prices when ever they want, they dont ask me first if i can afford it, correct? now when its hot outside dont come tell me conserve energy! thats why i pay you all year round, so when we so desperatly need it, we should have it available.