New York Just Set an All-Time Record For Energy Usage
This afternoon, ConEd issued a statement pleading with New Yorkers to use less energy—and thus prevent brownouts. Why? Because today at 2pm, the company broke its official energy usage record. According to ConEd, New Yorkers expended 13,214 megawatts of power at once to keep their precious cronuts cool this afternoon, beating the old record by…