Monthly Archives: June 2015

KUA Customers Set All-Time Record for Electricity Usage

Posted June 22, 2015 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., June 22, 2015 – Kissimmee Utility Authority’s 67,000 customers used more electricity today than at any time in the utility’s 114-year history, thanks to scorching temperatures and triple-digit heat indexes that had air conditioners working overtime. KUA recorded an instantaneous system peak of 354.7 megawatts (MW) at 4:38 p.m. this afternoon, eclipsing the… Read more »

KUA Offices Closed for Independence Day

Posted June 22, 2015 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., June 22, 2015 – Kissimmee Utility Authority’s customer service center and administrative offices will be closed in observance of Independence Day on Friday, July 3. Regular utility business hours will resume on Monday, July 6. Customers wishing to make a bill payment over the holiday weekend can do so through the utility’s automated… Read more »

KUA Customers Set All-Time Record for Electricity Usage

Posted June 21, 2015 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., June 22, 2015 – Kissimmee Utility Authority’s 67,000 customers used more electricity today than at any time in the utility’s 114-year history, thanks to scorching temperatures and triple-digit heat indexes that had air conditioners working overtime. KUA recorded an instantaneous system peak of 354.7 megawatts (MW) at 4:38 p.m. this afternoon, eclipsing the… Read more »

Electricity Consumption in Kissimmee Ties All-Time Record

Posted June 18, 2015 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., June 18, 2015 – With scorching temperatures, triple-digit heat indexes and air conditioners working overtime, customers of Kissimmee Utility Authority today tied the utility’s all-time demand record for electricity use. KUA recorded an instantaneous system peak of 349.4 megawatts (MW) at 4:54 p.m. this afternoon, tying the previous peak set on August 21,… Read more »

Heat Wave Pushes Power Usage to Near Record Highs

Posted June 18, 2015 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., June 18, 2015 – Sustained heat and humidity this week in Central Florida have led to near-record consumption of electricity in Kissimmee, the Kissimmee Utility Authority reported today. The utility’s system peak reached 342.1 megawatts Wednesday afternoon – just seven megawatts shy of its all-time peak of 349.4 MW set on August 21,… Read more »