LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — With the latest round of extreme heat blanketing the Las Vegas Valley this week, you're probably blasting your air conditioning or using a lot of fans to stay cool, and you might be wondering how that impacts our power grid.

"It's a big concern; everybody should be concerned about that," said Robert Gonzalez.

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Gonzalez has lived in Las Vegas for decades, so he knows a thing or two about our scorching summers.

"The hotter it gets, everybody drops their A/C to 68," Gonzalez said. "Trust me, when it's 115, it's never going to get to 68 [inside your house]."

But the more people push their A/C to try and stay c

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