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BC Hydro set a record for the highest February peak hourly demand when demand for electricity soared to more than 10,000 megawatts on Monday evening. The previous February record for peak hourly demand of 9,795 megawatts set on Feb. 8, 2017 has been broken twice in the recent cold snap.

The first time was on Sunday night when peak hourly demand reached 9,848 megawatts. That is a 22 per cent increase over the same day two weeks ago – before temperatures plummeted. The new February record set on Monday evening of 10,050 megawatts is just shy of the all-time record of 10,194 megawatts set on Jan. 3, 2017. Since the cold snap began on February 3, there has been a surge in electricity use – about 13 per cent higher on average. Electricity use is the highest between 4 and 8 p.m. on weekday evenings when British Columbians come home from work, turn up the heat, switch on the lights, do laundry and make dinner.

Some of the crazy things people have been doing in the snow:

Being towed by a vehicle with skis on

incident took place around 9:45 pm on Sunday evening in Richmond

Snowboarding down streets

Cross country skiing down streets

This next story isn’t crazy, but it’s pretty cool!

The recent cold snap has allowed a Ladner father to transform his backyard into the perfect ice for his boys to play hockey.

UBC had planned a campus wide snowball fight today … but it has been rescheduled to Wednesday at noon due to UBC’s decision to cancel most classes. The irony being that a snowball fight was cancelled because of the snow.

Guest: Claire Allen

Simi Sara Show contributor

BC Hydro set a record for the highest February peak hourly demand when demand for electricity soared to more than 10,000 megawatts on Monday evening.

The previous February record for peak hourly demand of 9,795 megawatts set on Feb. 8, 2017 has been broken twice in the recent cold snap.

The first time was on Sunday night when peak hourly demand reached 9,848 megawatts. That is a 22 per cent increase over the same day two weeks ago – before temperatures plummeted.

The new February record set on Monday evening of 10,050 megawatts is just shy of the all-time record of 10,194 megawatts set on Jan. 3, 2017.

Since the cold snap began on February 3, there has been a surge in electricity use – about 13 per cent higher on average. Electricity use is the highest between 4 and 8 p.m. on weekday evenings when British Columbians come home from work, turn up the heat, switch on the lights, do laundry and make dinner.