Power plants pushed to boiling point
By Sun Xiaohua in Beijing (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-22 05:35

"The residents' power consumption demands will still be met," Chen stressed.

With temperatures frequently topping 38 C since June, more units and families have been using their air conditioners, which accounts for one third of the capital's total energy consumption.

Over the same period last year, Beijing's energy consumption hit 9.5 million kilowatts, also breaking the record at that time.

Shanghai drama

In Shanghai, the city's power grid reached its highest level so far this year on July 5 at 16.6 million kilowatts, compared to a peak-time high of 15 million kilowatts last year. The daily peak-time load currently stands at around 14.7 million kilowatts.

"This is the limit of the load on our grid," a press officer with the Shanghai Electric Power Corporation told China Daily yesterday.

"The city's power-saving measures are very important to ensure the power grid is not over-loaded."

Shanghai is now working to save every watt of electricity to overcome the summer rush. The Shanghai municipal government has ordered major power-guzzling enterprises to rearrange their work shifts from July 10 to August 26 to ensure balanced electricity consumption.

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