The sweltering summer season is usually the peak period for power use, and reports of new record highs are common. But Taipower's latest figures indicate that electricity sales for July and August this year were 7.2 % less than for the same period last year.
炎炎夏季，通常是用電高峰，「破表」情形時有所聞。但台電最新統計指出，與去年 7-8 月相比，今年同期的售電量減少了 7.2 %。