In the coming days, the heat center will shift south and southeast, from Texas to Georgia, and many cities are likely to experience triple-digit temperatures, such as Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville and Atlanta. More than 70% of the US population will see temperatures higher than 90 degrees over the next seven days and 20% will see higher temperatures as high as 100 degrees. More than 100 daily high temperature records could be set between Tuesday and Saturday, mainly in the east and south. Nighttime temperatures are not expected to offer much relief, as more than 80 records of hot low temperatures could be broken this week. Monday brought record high temperatures for cities in the central US, including multiple records set in Texas. Both Houston and Victoria, Texas, and St. Cloud, Missouri, surpassed their previous records with high values of 101 degrees. This came as a huge heatwave in the eastern United States and the Midwest set record high temperatures in several cities last week – and exacerbated misery for some communities already experiencing power outages following a series of severe storms. Extreme heat conditions can be detrimental to a person’s health, especially the elderly, children, and those with chronic illnesses or mental health problems.
The heat wave is the “Super Bowl” of energy use for energy companies
Earlier this year, US energy regulator NERC warned that extreme temperatures and other environmental factors could cause power outages in large parts of the country this summer. Pending electricity companies across the Southeast say they are preparing for the added pressure of crowds of people affected by the heat retiring indoors for air conditioning relief. “This is our Super Bowl that we have been preparing for all year,” Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) spokesman Scott Fiedler told CNN. “TVA is in a very good position to meet the demand for energy during this week’s hot weather. As you know, temperature and load go hand in hand. So we have to see high loads the rest of this week. . “ Last week’s power demand was a record for TVA, which used more than 31,000 megawatts on Thursday, just days after exceeding 31,000 megawatts on June 13, Fiedler said. Both Georgia Power and Duke Energy Carolinas, which serve markets in North Carolina and South Carolina, said they were prepared for the high demand brought about by the high temperatures. Duke Energy Carolinas saw a summer record of 21,000 megawatt hours of electricity on June 13, overshadowing the previous summer record set in July 2016, the company said in a statement. Duke Energy Process, the company’s other utility in Carolina, did not break any records, but the two companies together had a peak utility record of 34,079 megawatt hours, surpassing the old record set in July 2020, the announcement said. Entergy, which serves parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Orleans and Texas, said the company expects to see unprecedented levels of energy use this week. “We have a detailed plan for extreme heat, which includes power stations and transmission operators taking steps to balance supply and demand on the grid and actions to reduce the risk of out-of-generation generation or transmission facilities.” , Entergy news said the release. CNN’s Dave Hennen, Jamiel Lynch, Tyler Mauldin and Jen Christensen contributed to this report.
title: “Summer Officially Begins With Record Heat As 65 Million Americans Can Expect Highs Above 100 This Week " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-30” author: “Bettie Barrett”
In the coming days, the heat center will shift south and southeast, from Texas to Georgia, and many cities are likely to experience triple-digit temperatures, such as Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville and Atlanta. More than 70% of the US population will see temperatures higher than 90 degrees over the next seven days and 20% will see higher temperatures as high as 100 degrees. More than 100 daily high temperature records could be set between Tuesday and Saturday, mainly in the east and south. Nighttime temperatures are not expected to offer much relief, as more than 80 records of hot low temperatures could be broken this week. Monday brought record high temperatures for cities in the central US, including multiple records set in Texas. Both Houston and Victoria, Texas, and St. Cloud, Missouri, surpassed their previous records with high values of 101 degrees. This came as a huge heatwave in the eastern United States and the Midwest set record high temperatures in several cities last week – and exacerbated misery for some communities already experiencing power outages following a series of severe storms. Extreme heat conditions can be detrimental to a person’s health, especially the elderly, children, and those with chronic illnesses or mental health problems.
The heat wave is the “Super Bowl” of energy use for energy companies
Earlier this year, US energy regulator NERC warned that extreme temperatures and other environmental factors could cause power outages in large parts of the country this summer. Pending electricity companies across the Southeast say they are preparing for the added pressure of crowds of people affected by the heat retiring indoors for air conditioning relief. “This is our Super Bowl that we have been preparing for all year,” Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) spokesman Scott Fiedler told CNN. “TVA is in a very good position to meet the demand for energy during this week’s hot weather. As you know, temperature and load go hand in hand. So we have to see high loads the rest of this week. . “ Last week’s power demand was a record for TVA, which used more than 31,000 megawatts on Thursday, just days after exceeding 31,000 megawatts on June 13, Fiedler said. Both Georgia Power and Duke Energy Carolinas, which serve markets in North Carolina and South Carolina, said they were prepared for the high demand brought about by the high temperatures. Duke Energy Carolinas saw a summer record of 21,000 megawatt hours of electricity on June 13, overshadowing the previous summer record set in July 2016, the company said in a statement. Duke Energy Process, the company’s other utility in Carolina, did not break any records, but the two companies together had a peak utility record of 34,079 megawatt hours, surpassing the old record set in July 2020, the announcement said. Entergy, which serves parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Orleans and Texas, said the company expects to see unprecedented levels of energy use this week. “We have a detailed plan for extreme heat, which includes power stations and transmission operators taking steps to balance supply and demand on the grid and actions to reduce the risk of out-of-generation generation or transmission facilities.” , Entergy news said the release. CNN’s Dave Hennen, Jamiel Lynch, Tyler Mauldin and Jen Christensen contributed to this report.
