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EEI's newsletter reports that: U.S. Hit New Electricity-Use High for Week Ending Aug. 5

According to an EEI report, the U.S. set yet another record in electricity consumption – 98,583 GWh for the week ending Aug. 5. The previous record was set for the week ending July 22 – 96,314 GWh, Dow Jones Energy Service reported.

Wrote the newswire: "News of the new power demand record had gas traders revising their forecasts of government data due Thursday describing last week's gas activity. Rather than a small gas storage injections for the week ended Aug. 5, many traders and analysts are now anticipating a withdrawal of gas from storage."

In a statement, EEI President Tom Kuhn said: "Once again the nation’s electric system withstood a severe test. Apart from some localized outages, the system worked, the power remained on and the transmission grid was resilient."
Dow Jones Energy Service , Aug. 9.