(KTTS News) — Liberty Electric has issued a peak advisory for Thursday and Friday.
The utility is asking people to conserve energy between the hours of noon and 8 p.m.
Press Release
Liberty has issued a peak advisory for all Liberty electric customers for Thursday and Friday, July 7 and 8, due to ongoing extreme heat resulting in high energy demand.
Liberty asks that customers voluntarily reduce electricity use throughout the day and particularly between the hours of noon and 8 p.m.
Conserving energy supports service reliability by helping Liberty to avoid outages and reduces costs for customers, as fuel costs for energy generation may rise during peak energy demand.
Suggestions for conserving energy include:
- Set thermostats to 78 degrees or as high as comfortable. Please note: Customers who are elderly or have medical conditions complicated by the heat should not raise their thermostat.
- Postpone heat-producing energy use such as cooking and using your washing machine, electric dryer, or dishwasher.
- Turn off and unplug fans, computers, monitors, chargers, printers, and televisions during periods of non-use.
- Turn off nonessential lights.
- Postpone all nonessential energy use.
“We have experienced extreme heat for an extended period of time, and the weather forecast for the next few days calls for temperatures to remain high,” said Tim Wilson, Liberty Vice President, Electric Operations. “This is causing peak demand across our system. We know that conserving energy during this time can be inconvenient, and we apologize for that. We are grateful to our customers for their help in reducing energy use. This will help us to protect the system serving our customers and avoid outages so that we can maintain service to homes, businesses, and critical facilities throughout these extreme weather conditions. Our crews are working around the clock to keep our systems safe and operating. We will continue to monitor the weather and provide updates to our customers.”
For more information, please visit www.libertyenergyandwater.com.
