Published: January 22nd, 2012 10:54 PM
Last Modified: January 22nd, 2012 10:54 PM
SITKA -- Sitka residents have been cranking up their heat so much to deal with single-digit temperatures that they helped the city electricity department set a record.
The Daily Sitka Sentinel reported the record for demand was set Tuesday evening.
That's when the electricity department recorded a load of 24 megawatts, which easily broke the previous 2005 record of 19 megawatts.
Andy Eggen, the city's power generation manager, said usage was off a bit Wednesday and Thursday as temperatures warmed.
The electric department said Ketchikan also set a power load record Tuesday.
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