Peak use times are evenings and weekends.
This month, the average daily peak use statewide has been about 22,000 megawatts, more than 3,000 megawatts less than the average peak use last summer.
In August, during peak use, Cape May uses about 2.7 million gallons a day.
My own peak use of social media arose during a period of painful isolation.
Some big customers, like factories, may voluntarily shut down on peak use days.
Weekday peak use in July has averaged only 9,042 megawatts, far less than the 9,900 megawatts the company had expected.
Daily peak use, which reached 10,934 megawatts on Tuesday, was well below this summer's projected high of 11,945 megawatts.
He said there were better ways to meet peak demand, such as refurbishing old plants or building larger plants with components designated for peak use.
Comcast has already said that it plans to move to a new way of managing its network at times of peak use to avoid singling out certain programs.
D. Joy Faber, a spokeswoman for Consolidated Edison, said the company's forecast for peak use, which is usually reached during July, had been 11,825 megawatts for this year.
