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Hot Weather Continues, SDG&E Makes Tuesday Another 'Reduce Your Use' Day

See the Santee weather forecast, an average high around 84 this week.

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NWS Weather Forecast for Santee:

  • Monday night: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 72. 
  • Tuesday:  Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 86.
  • Tuesday Night:  Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 69. 
  • Wednesday:  Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 84.
  • Wednesday Night: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. 
  • Thursday:  Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 84.
  • Thursday Night:  Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 63.
  • Friday:  Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 84.
  • Friday Night:  Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 61.

    • Reduce Your Use

    Find out what's happening in Santeewith free, real-time updates from Patch.

    With hotter than average weather expected again on Tuesday, San Diego Gas & Electric to reduce their electricity use and offered a bill credit as an incentive.

    SDG&E set a "Reduce Your Use" day for Tuesday due to increased energy demand and continued high temperatures. The National Weather Service said temperatures could reach 108 in the deserts, but it's only expected to hit 86 in Santee.

    Find out what's happening in Santeewith free, real-time updates from Patch.

    Customers are being asked to reduce the strain on the electric grid between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Ways to do so include raising the thermostat four to six degrees; not using major appliances; turning off pool pumps; and unplugging unused chargers and power strips, according to Allison Zaragoza of SDG&E.

    Customers can earn a 75-cent credit for each kilowatt hour saved.

    More than 500,000 customers participated in the utility's first "Reduce Your Use" event Aug. 9 and earned a credit of $2 on average, Zaragoza said.

    -City News Service

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