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Article: Progress Energy Florida Reports Unprecedented Demand for Electricity This Week.
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- July 8, 2005
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Progress Energy Florida reported an unprecedented demand for electricity this week as customers set a third consecutive peak record for summer usage. On Thursday, July 7, between 4 and 5 p.m., customers used approximately 9,031 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity, eclipsing the previous day's peak-demand record by 39 megawatt- hours.
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"This is the first time Progress Energy Florida has set three consecutive summer peaks," said Preston Pierce, manager of power system operations for Progress Energy Florida. "Fortunately, with our commitment to ...