Since then measures to reduce peak load have resulted in decreased peak demand.
Local generators had to satisfy the peak demands of hot summer nights, when everything from air-conditioners to televisions run full power.
Con Ed met an all-time peak demand of 13,059 megawatts on July 27, 2005.
This method produces electricity to supply high peak demands by moving water between reservoirs at different elevations.
We're also going to need a set of peaking stations, built to handle the excess load during the hours of peak demands.
One is whether Con Ed's distribution system is adequate to meet foreseeable peak demands.
The station is a "peaking" facility, meaning that it primarily operates during peak electrical demand.
That company said that on Tuesday peak demand from its own customers - seven million people in seven states - was 7 percent higher than last year.
(The peak demand for power in the state is about 26,000 megawatts.)
The state's peak electric demand grew 5 percent last summer, compared with the summer before.