Power Demand Reaches Record High

The U.S. electric power grid reached a new record for power demand during the week ending July 23, 2005, according to a press release from the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the association of U.S. shareholder-owned electric companies, international affiliates, and industry associates worldwide. Overtaking the previous record, set in August 2002, by more than 5%, the new record is 95,259 gigawatt hours in one week. EEI is online at www.eei.org.