The Oil Drum

Hydro supply feels the heat

It's unclear whether the appeal helped. Electricity demand peaked late yesterday afternoon at 25,737 megawatts, ranking as the 11th-highest level of peak power consumption in the province's history. The record is 27,005 megawatts, hit last summer on Aug. 1.

Yesterday's peak not only surpassed projections, it also exceeded the province's total generation capacity, requiring more than 1,300 megawatts of net imports from the United States and Quebec.