WASHINGTON (CNN) -- For a second consecutive day, city officials declared a heat emergency in the nation's capital, thereby activating the Department of Emergency Management.
With the temperature at 95 degrees F, electricity producer Pepco asked consumers to conserve electricity, especially during the peak-demand hours between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. On Monday night, demand on the company peaked at 6,575 megawatts, 150 megawatts short of the record, set July 27, 2005, a company spokesman said.
The city is in the midst of an intense heat wave that has gripped the East Coast, with temperatures in the upper 90s and even topping 100 in some places. (
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