A seven-year electricity usage record has been broken in NSW as residents pumped airconditioners to try and cool down. 9News
The March record of 12,173 megawatts set in 2016 was beaten by just under 1000 megawatts as residents consumed a total of 13,136 megawatts yesterday.
The electricity sources used at the time came from black coal , hydro power , gas , wind and grid-scale solar .The March record of 12,173 megawatts set in 2016 was beaten by just under 1000 megawatts.Sydney temperatures are expected to drop to 26 degrees by Friday.
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