Holiday saves Nstar from taking heat

Despite five days of 90-plus degree heat in greater Boston, the lights — and air conditioning — stayed on.

An executive at Nstar said the combination of so many people celebrating Independence Day out of town, coupled with the shuttering of so many businesses during the four-day break helped prevent sweeping brownouts.

"Typically, electricity usage is higher Monday through Friday when there is a combination of commercial and residential load on the system," Nstar's Caroline Pretyman told the Herald in an email. "During this week's heat wave, usage was lower than it would have been because the holiday resulted in lower overall electricity usage by commercial and business customers."

Still, she noted, the past week's spiking temperatures really drove up demand.

"We saw the highest usage on Friday. Nstar's total usage was 89 percent of our all-time peak," Pretyman wrote.

Today, weather experts say, expected rain should give us something of a break.

But, they warn, the heat will likely come back tomorrow and Wednesday.

Even if that happens, it won't result in the region's first long-running heat wave.

Back in 1912, Bostonians suffered through a nine-day heat blast.

But data shows that historically, July has been getting hotter and hotter.

July 2011 was the 2nd hottest July on record, and July 2010 was the third.

In recent years, Bay Staters have become accustomed to widespread electrical brownouts, especially when temperatures soar.

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