Power use hits new high for year

Electricity use Monday hit a record high for this year of 34.081 million kilowatts (kW), as people turned to their air conditioners for respite from searing temperatures amid a heat wave across the country, according to state-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower, 台電).

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