DPL Electric Demand Strong With Hot Summer Weather.Business Editors DAYTON Dayton, city (1990 pop. 182,044), seat of Montgomery co., SW Ohio, on the Great Miami River where it is joined by the Stillwater River; inc. 1805. It is the trade center for a fertile farm area, but is best known for its involvement with industry, invention, and , Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2002 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. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DPL) announced today that customer demand continues to be driven by hot temperatures and growth in West Central Ohio's energy needs. During the past several weeks, DPL has experienced customer demand levels that ranked in the top ten of all-time all-time adj. Exceeding all others up to the present time: an all-time speed skating record. all-time Adjective Informal highs on four separate occasions. For the summer, DPL customer demand has been within 10% of the all time peak on 16 days. Temperatures in July were 46% hotter than last year and 31% hotter than normal. Recent temperatures have topped 90 degrees. DPL recently completed its four-year generation expansion program, which added 1,488 megawatts (MW) of peaking capacity. These additions, when combined with DPL's coal fired generation, allow The Company to meet its retail customer demand and continue to sell into the wholesale market. DPL's all-time peak demand of 3,130 MW was set on July 30, 1999 when the temperature reached 101 degrees. DPL Inc. is a diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s regional energy company. DPL's principal subsidiaries include The Dayton Power & Light Company (DP&L) and DPL Energy. DP&L provides electric services to over 500,000 retail customers in West Central Ohio. DPL Energy operates over 4,600 megawatts of generation capacity and markets wholesale energy throughout the eastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . DPL Inc., through its subsidiaries, ranks among the top energy companies in generation efficiency and productivity. Further information on DPL Inc. can be found at www.dplinc.com. |
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