Valley Energy Demand Shatters Record as SRP Balances Growth, Heat, and Grid Stability

This surpasses the erstwhile strategy highest grounds of 8,205 MW, which was acceptable connected Aug. 4, 2024, betwixt 5 and 6 p.m. Increased lawsuit request stems from respective factors, including utmost daytime and overnight temperatures and an summation successful the fig of SRP commercialized and residential powerfulness customers.

“SRP plans up to guarantee we person the vigor resources indispensable to conscionable projected summertime demand,” said Pam Syrjala, SRP Senior Director of Supply and Trading. “We engaged our request effect programme and leveraged a divers premix of generation, including solar, artillery retention and earthy gas, to support reliability for our customers.”