Please help conserve as much power as you can. We may have another blackout if we don't conserve power.
In my work place, people has turned off all unnecessary light to help conserving power. We all share the responsibility, right?
Thanks
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Threat of blackouts loom
OTTAWA - Ontario will face its biggest power challenge yet on Wednesday with temperatures set to soar and demand for electricity continuing to climb.
On Tuesday, the province used nearly all the power it had available. As demand crept up the possibility of rolling blackouts acoss the province loomed.
The province has been struggling to meet the demand for electricity since last week's massive power blackout. It will take until Thursday to have more generating capacity available within the province.
Tuesday's electricity usage peaked at 19,198 megawatts at 4:55 p.m., according to Ontario's Independent Market Operator.
That level was almost 1,000 megawatts higher than Monday's peak of 18,270 and perilously close to Ontario's generating capacity of approximately 20,000 megawatts.
"It was under the amount of domestic power we had available," said Premier Ernie Eves on Tuesday, "but it was fairly close to the line."
With temperatures expected to hit 30 C on Wednesday and Thursday, Eves said conservation would remain crucial if the province is to avoid blackouts.
"Everybody's been great ? the industrial sector, the commercial sector, the public ? but I just don't want to take the eye of the ball because, with the two days we have coming up, we can't afford to do that," he said.
In my work place, people has turned off all unnecessary light to help conserving power. We all share the responsibility, right?
Thanks
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Threat of blackouts loom
OTTAWA - Ontario will face its biggest power challenge yet on Wednesday with temperatures set to soar and demand for electricity continuing to climb.
On Tuesday, the province used nearly all the power it had available. As demand crept up the possibility of rolling blackouts acoss the province loomed.
The province has been struggling to meet the demand for electricity since last week's massive power blackout. It will take until Thursday to have more generating capacity available within the province.
Tuesday's electricity usage peaked at 19,198 megawatts at 4:55 p.m., according to Ontario's Independent Market Operator.
That level was almost 1,000 megawatts higher than Monday's peak of 18,270 and perilously close to Ontario's generating capacity of approximately 20,000 megawatts.
"It was under the amount of domestic power we had available," said Premier Ernie Eves on Tuesday, "but it was fairly close to the line."
With temperatures expected to hit 30 C on Wednesday and Thursday, Eves said conservation would remain crucial if the province is to avoid blackouts.
"Everybody's been great ? the industrial sector, the commercial sector, the public ? but I just don't want to take the eye of the ball because, with the two days we have coming up, we can't afford to do that," he said.
