Springfield reports power consumption record

SPRINGFIELD --The recent blast of subzero winter weather is causing record power consumption in Springfield.

Springfield, City Water, Light and Power says the state's capital set an all-time winter peak of power consumption at 325 megawatts earlier this week.

The previous record for the company was 15 years ago on Jan. 18, 1994. That's when the number was 311 megawatts.

The temperatures have warmed a bit after two days of bitter cold.

Temperatures reached the low 30s in central Illinois on Saturday and the low 20s in the northern part of the state during the day.