DPL Customers Set Record Usage.DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 1999-- DPL (Digital PowerLine) An earlier technology for transmitting a 1 Mbps data signal over electric power lines from Nortel Networks. It was developed in the late 1990s, but later abandoned due to implementation difficulties. See broadband over power lines. announced that its customers used 3,086,000 kilowatts of electricity as of 3:00 p.m. today. This exceeds DPL's previous usage record set on July 21, 1998 by 79,000 kilowatts. DPL's new combustion turbine peaking units were up and running and played an important role in meeting today's record demand. The utility's electric distribution system also performed well with no heat-related customer outages. The sweltering swel·ter·ing adj. 1. Oppressively hot and humid; sultry. 2. Suffering from oppressive heat. swel humidity humidity, moisture content of the atmosphere, a primary element of climate. Humidity measurements include absolute humidity, the mass of water vapor per unit volume of natural air; relative humidity (usually meant when the term humidity and high temperatures are expected to continue tomorrow, along with the record-breaking energy usage. "The hot weather combined with the area's strong economic growth pushed demand to a new record in West Central Ohio," said Allen Hill Allen Hill (born 14 November 1843 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire; died 28 August 1910 in Leyland, Lancashire) played in the first-ever cricket Test, taking the first wicket. Hill also went on to umpire in the Test match played at Lord's in 1890. , President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , DPL Inc. "Our ongoing planning and preparation pay off on days like today, allowing us to continue our strong record of delivering reliable energy to our customers. Both our peaking generation and our distribution system performed well." DPL consistently ranks in the top ten in the country in terms of generation availability and efficiency. DPL Inc. is a diversified energy company supplying electric and gas energy services to 500,000 electric customers and 300,000 gas customers in the Midwest through its subsidiary, The Dayton Power and Light Company. |
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