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The Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO, the electric grid operator for the central United States including Illinois, reported on their web site Sunday afternoon that demand in the 15 states and the Canadian province of Manitoba reached 116-thousand megawatts.  Committed capacity according to their web site is 122-thousand megawatts.

MISO’s record demand was some 127-thousand megawatts on July 20th, 2011.

MISO, an independent not-for-profit member-based organization, is responsible for facilitating the buying and selling of electricity in its region and partners with its stakeholders to plan the grid of the future.