New York – The heat wave left people in Brooklyn Heights coping with power outages. And there have been voltage cuts elsewhere in New York.
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Con Ed spokesman Bob McGhee says power demand could break a record set in 2006.
McGhee says about 500 customers in Brooklyn Heights were affected by outages on Friday morning. He predicted service would be restored there around noon.
Con Edison already had reduced power to tens of thousands of customers in Queens and Westchester County.
In the Maspeth section of Queens, the reduction lasted about eight hours until 10 a.m. and affected 107,000 customers.
McGhee said customers may not even notice the voltage reductions.
A voltage reduction of 8% and higher can do significant damage to motors and electronic circuits. Even though con Ed claims that the reduction is only 5%, in most cases it’s closer to 8%.