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By David Opinko

Alberta sets new energy consumption record, 34 heat records Monday

Jun 29, 2021 | 10:59 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Anyone else ready to go back to complaining about how cold it is?

The province is currently in the midst of an extreme heatwave that is breaking all kinds of records.

Environment Canada says the “historic heatwave” resulted in daytime high records being broken in 34 different Albertan communities on Monday, June 28.

Most significantly, Grande Prairie, Jasper, and Hendrickson Creek set new heat records two days in a row.

Jasper was the hottest community at 39 degrees.

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The Alberta Electric System Operator also reports that Monday resulted in an “unprecedented jump in energy use,” reaching 11,512 MW.

Dennis Frehlich, VP of Grid Reliability, says this breaks the previous summer peak demand record of 11,169 MW.

“We’re on track to break that record for a second day in a row and so we’re asking Albertans to play their part to conserve energy.”

Some things you can do to lessen your energy use, and therefore, your utility bills, includes closing windows during the day, lowering thermostats to pre-cool homes, and avoid using major appliances and charging electric devices during the period of highest demand.

The peak time of electricity use is between 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm.

The full list of heat records, supplied by Environment Canada, is below:

Airdrie Area
New record of 34.6
Old record of 32.8 set in 1937
Records in this area have been kept since 1881

Athabasca Area
New record of 34.5
Old record of 30.0 set in 1925
Records in this area have been kept since 1900

Banff Area
New record of 36.6
Old record of 31.9 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1887

Barrhead Area
New record of 34.8
Old record of 31.9 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Beaverlodge Area
New record of 37.5
Old record of 28.9 set in 1928
Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Bow Valley (Provincial Park) Area
New record of 37.7
Old record of 31.5 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1928

Breton Area
New record of 33.8
Old record of 31.3 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1939

Calgary Area
New record of 34.6
Old record of 32.8 set in 1937
Records in this area have been kept since 1881

Camrose Area
New record of 32.7
Old record of 32.2 set in 1937
Records in this area have been kept since 1921

Cardston Area (Cardston)
New record of 34.2
Old record of 33.9 set in 1925
Records in this area have been kept since 1918

Claresholm Area (Claresholm)
New record of 35.2
Old record of 32.0 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1951

Coronation Area (Coronation Climate)
New record of 34.6
Old record of 32.3 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Crowsnest Area (Crowsnest)
New record of 35.1
Old record of 30.6 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1965

Edmonton Area
New record of 34.2
Old record of 32.2 set in 1937
Records in this area have been kept since 1880

Edmonton (int’l Aprt) Area
New record of 32.0
Old record of 31.3 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1959

Edson Area
New record of 36.2
Old record of 32.2 set in 1937
Records in this area have been kept since 1916

Elk Island (National Park) Area
New record of 32.0
Old record of 30.9 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1966

Grande Prairie Area
New record of 38.4
Old record of 28.8 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1922

Hendrickson Creek Area
New record of 35.7
Old record of 29.0 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1995

High Level Area
New record of 30.8
Old record of 29.5 set in 2000
Records in this area have been kept since 1962

High River Area
New record of 35.3
Old record of 32.5 set in 2006
Records in this area have been kept since 1913

Highvale Area
New record of 33.8
Old record of 31.4 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1977

Jasper Area
New record of 39.0
Old record of 34.5 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1916

Lac La Biche Area
New record of 33.1
Old record of 31.7 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1944

Mildred Lake Area
New record of 30.9
Old record of 29.7 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1965

Nordegg Area
New record of 34.8
Old record of 29.4 set in 1937
Records in this area have been kept since 1915

Peace River Area
New record of 36.4
Old record of 34.4 set in 1926
Records in this area have been kept since 1907

Red Earth Creek Area
New record of 36.3
Old record of 29.6 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1994

Slave Lake Area
New record of 34.7
Old record of 29.4 set in 1925
Records in this area have been kept since 1922

Stony Plain Area
New record of 33.1
Old record of 30.9 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1966

Sundre Area
New record of 33.6
Old record of 26.8 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1993

Vegreville Area
New record of 33.0
Old record of 32.2 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1918

Wainwright Area
New record of 34.4
Old record of 33.3 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1966

Waterton Park Area
New record of 33.7
Old record of 30.2 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1976

Environment Canada still has a heat warning in effect for the entire province, which is expected to persist into early next week for some regions.