- Ames Electric Services issues Peak alert
- Urges consumers to cut electricity usage
- Says heatwave could create record demand
Iowa’s Ames Electric Services has issued a Peak Alert to its customers. A Heat Advisory has been issued for all of central Iowa today from 10 am through 9 pm today. Ames Electric Services is asking customers to voluntarily cut back on energy usage during this period.
In a press release, Energy Services Coordinator Kayley Barrios Lain states that the heatwave “could create record demand” on the electric distribution system. ”The projected demand for electricity could top our previous record, so we ask customers to take steps now to reduce their power consumption particularly from noon to 7 p.m. Predicted temperatures and demand modelling for the week suggest we will implement a ‘peak alert’ by Wednesday,”
Ames Electric Services will implement its Prime Time Power programme during the peak alert. The programme involves cycling off central air conditioning systems for just over seven minutes of every half-hour. Only customers who participate in the program will be affected. Those enrolled in the program are provided an incentive of $20 utility bill credit each summer by Ames Electric Services.