Grid operator with record-high demand for electricity

State-owned grid operator Polskie Sieci Elektroenergyteczne (PSE) had a record-high demand for electricity today during the early summer peak. The new result was recorded at 13:30 on Wednesday and amounted to 22,883 MW, beating last year's record-high demand of 22,750 MW, PSE said. Earlier in June, market lobby ENTSO-E said that Poland, along with Italy, could be the only electricity grid in Europe affected by the high summer temperatures, but according to Deputy Energy Minister Andrzej Piotrowski, “the probability of such a scenario is very small.” PSE operates over 14,000 km of the electrical grid and over 100 high voltage power stations.