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Power Shut Off for 9,800 Customers in Queens to Fix Issues Caused by Heat
Crews restored service after extreme heat and high demand caused scattered outages and 8% voltage reductions across several neighborhoods, Con Edison said.
- A U.S. Department of Energy webpage recommending Americans set thermostats between 75-78 degrees Fahrenheit appears to have been removed, days after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged residents to adopt a similar 78-degree setting to reduce power grid strain.
- Mamdani's conservation call came amid a "significant and dangerous heat wave" affecting the region, though the DOE has not publicly explained the page's removal or whether it still endorses the archived 75-78 degree guidance.
- Republican figures criticized the thermostat request, with Florida Sen. Rick Scott calling it "Communism at work," while former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley wrote on X, "Show us your thermostat, commie."
- Despite criticism, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz reacted by posting, "In a first-world country, you could turn on the A/C," though Texas leadership and New York City Republican Mayor Rudy Giuliani previously recommended identical 78-degree settings.
- The National Weather Service warned of "dangerous, record-breaking heat" affecting 159 million Americans, while New York Gov. Kathy Hochul coordinated with utility leaders to manage grid strain and restore power to residents amid the heat wave.
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Critics mocked Mamdani’s AC request. Republicans made the same ask
As New Yorkers sweltered in a holiday heat wave that could feel as high as 115 degrees, Mayor Zohran Mamdani turned his attention to the strained energy grid and made a request of those living in the nation’s most-populated city: Set your air conditioning unit to 78 degrees. “Welcome to socialism,” former South Carolina governor and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wrote on X. “Show us your thermostat, commie,” failed Los Angeles …
MAMDANI’S NYC: Con Edison Shuts Off Power to 10,000 Customers in Queens as Temps Soar Over 100 Degrees * The Gateway Pundit * by Cristina Laila
Mamdani's New York City. The post MAMDANI’S NYC: Con Edison Shuts Off Power to 10,000 Customers in Queens as Temps Soar Over 100 Degrees appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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