Exactly; that is my point that the media was confusing demand and energy. I've noticed over the years that whenever I know something about a story being reported in the media, the reporting usually has errors in it (which doesn't lead to much confidence on my part in the media in general). The best reporting I've found is in the IEEE Spectrum (I'm talking about non-engineering articles...they had better be correct in engineering specific articles).
And here's another:
"On Tuesday, customers across the state used 32,075 megawatts _ enough to power 32 million homes _ between from 4 to 5 p.m."
You can't use megawatts. You can used energy (joules) at the rate of so many megawatts.
But I guess we could keep this thread going just like this until it gets cool. Speaking of cool, the hottest day this month where I am (Cleveland) has been 95, second was 93. Last month we had a 94. Sounds pretty cool compared to what some folks have been getting.