Electricity consumption hits new record amid heatwave

It was 6,000 MW higher than last week’s average, Nguyen Duc Ninh, director of the National Load Despatch Center, said at a conference Wednesday.

The north led with demand of 22,330 MW.

In Hanoi, consumption was 3 percent up on what was the fourth day of a heatwave.

The temperature rose to 39 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, according to the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.