A new high for power consumption in 2016 was set at 2:06 p.m. on Friday when Taiwan consumed 33,123.8 megawatts (MW) of electricity, according to state-run utility Taiwan Power Company (Taipower, 台電), as Taiwan was hit by sweltering temperatures.
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