PHOENIX — For the second time this year, the Valley’s two primary electricity providers met record levels of peak energy demand on Thursday, which was the hottest August day ever recorded in Phoenix.

The mercury at Sky Harbor International Airport, which the National Weather Service (NWS) uses to track temperatures in Phoenix, reached a high of 118 degrees, making history as the city’s hottest August day in 120 years.

What was Salt River Project’s peak energy demand on Aug. 7?

Salt River Project hit a new peak load of 8,542 megawatts (MW) of electricity from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday.

It wasn’t the first time this week SRP’s 1.1 million customers’ energy demands were so high they made history.

On Wednesday, it delivered a max of 8,429 MW, which blew out the previous record peak of

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