The summer of 2019 may be wrapping up with near record temperatures for mid-September this week and next, but the Tennessee Valley Authority has had no problems powering air conditioners across its seven-state region to keep residents cool.
On Monday, the high temperature across the Tennessee Valley averaged 95 degrees Fahrenheit and it was expected to go even higher today.
TVA’s peak power demand rose Monday to 28,048 megawatts and was projectd to be even higher today, although afternoon storms may limit that peak.
TVA meteorologist and resource operations and analysis manager, Patrick Walshe, said the record high temperature for Chattanooga today was 102 degrees Fahrenheit set back in 1925, “so we won’t break any records today.”
But Walshe said “it is going to be a hot one at about 97 or 98 F anticipated as today’s high.”