Charleston, W.Va., August 10, 2007 – For the third time this week Appalachian Power customers in Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee used more electricity than they ever had before during the summertime.
At the hour ending 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Thursday, Appalachian Power customers’ demand for electricity unofficially topped 6,759 megawatts (MW).
 
Tuesday customers set a new summer usage peak of 6,455 MW. Wednesday they passed that record when they consumed 6,681 MW. Appalachian Power customers set an all-time peak demand for electricity of 8,132 MW February 6, 2007. A megawatt is a measurement of electricity demand equal to one million watts.
 
For energy saving information or a free on-line home energy audit, go to Appalachian Power’s web site at www.AppalachianPower.com or visit the U.S. Department of Energy’s web site at www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/tips/.
 
Appalachian Power has about 1 million customers in Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee (as AEP Appalachian Power). It is a unit of American Electric Power, one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, which delivers electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. AEP ranks among the nation’s largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation’s largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includes more 765 kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. 
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