Published on January 23, 2025 at 4:06 pm
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Winter Storm Enzo pushed temperatures down and electricity demand up in Jacksonville, where JEA recorded a nearly historical high mark for peak energy Wednesday.
The city-owned utility reported that peak energy — the demand for electrical power — reached 3,020 megawatts as a mass of polar air swept into Northeast Florida. Temperatures dipped to as low as 30.9 degrees at Jacksonville International Airport, with a wind chill that drove the feels-like temperature far lower, as local residents awoke to light snow and ice in parts of the city.
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JEA’s record peak energy of 3,250 megawatts came Jan. 11, 2010. According to archived climate reports from the National Weather Service, the temperature dropped to 20 degrees that day following a two-day stretch with lows of 22.
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