Last Updated: August 6, 2025, 02:00 pm
The demand for electricity in the lower 48 states exceeded the previous peaks in the last week of July.
Hot weather, which increases the demand for electricity for cooling, in combination with the basic trend of increasing demand, the lower 48 states reached the height of 758,053 MW (MW) between 6 pm to 7:00 pm on July 28 at 7:00 pm. The next day, Peak Demand set another record, reached 759,180 MW, which is 1.9 % higher than a record of 745,020 MW on July 15, 2024.
According to us. The short -term energy outlook. By 2020, the demand for electricity was relatively flat flat. The increase in forecasting electricity is high in areas with major data centers and manufacturing facilities, such as Texas and Northern Virginia.
The demand for the peak represents a snapshot simultaneously in the entire 48 states. In individual regions or utility areas, the system can be peak in different hours or different days.
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