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Power grid operator says to conserve energy in Pa., NJ, Del.
Last edited Sun Dec 25, 2022, 10:04 AM - Edit history (1)
Alexandria, Virginia, here. We get our electricity from the Dominion Resources nuclear facility at Lake Anna, Virginia. I set up a line voltage monitor in the kitchen early this morning. At 4:30 a.m., the line voltages was 122 volts. At 9:00 a.m., it's 120 volts.
LOCAL NEWS
Power grid operator says to conserve energy in Pa., NJ, Del.
BY JOE BRANDT, MARCELLA BAIETTO
DECEMBER 24, 2022 / 11:10 PM / CBS PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- PJM Interconnection, the electricity grid operator that oversees 13 states - including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware - is asking residents to conserve electricity as brutally cold temperatures reduced energy output or shut down some power plants. At the same time, there is an increased demand for power this Christmas holiday weekend.
PJM Interconnection is asking consumers to limit power between 4 a.m. December 24 and 10 a.m. December 25. ... "This is extremely rare in our region," PJM Interconnection's chief communications officer Susan Buehler said. "The last time we had a situation like this was the polar vortex in January of 2014." ... The need for conserving energy is coming during brutally cold temperatures.
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PJM Interconnection directs the operation of the power transmission grid in Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
The announcement came after a winter storm knocked out power for a few thousand residents in the region. While power had been restored to most in our region Saturday, as of 9 a.m. there were still almost 6,000 FirstEnergy customers without power in Berks County and over 1,200 in Northampton County.
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Power grid operator says to conserve energy in Pa., NJ, Del.
BY JOE BRANDT, MARCELLA BAIETTO
DECEMBER 24, 2022 / 11:10 PM / CBS PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- PJM Interconnection, the electricity grid operator that oversees 13 states - including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware - is asking residents to conserve electricity as brutally cold temperatures reduced energy output or shut down some power plants. At the same time, there is an increased demand for power this Christmas holiday weekend.
PJM Interconnection is asking consumers to limit power between 4 a.m. December 24 and 10 a.m. December 25. ... "This is extremely rare in our region," PJM Interconnection's chief communications officer Susan Buehler said. "The last time we had a situation like this was the polar vortex in January of 2014." ... The need for conserving energy is coming during brutally cold temperatures.
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PJM Interconnection directs the operation of the power transmission grid in Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
The announcement came after a winter storm knocked out power for a few thousand residents in the region. While power had been restored to most in our region Saturday, as of 9 a.m. there were still almost 6,000 FirstEnergy customers without power in Berks County and over 1,200 in Northampton County.
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