{"id":140273,"date":"2026-02-02T04:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/140273\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T04:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:12:15","slug":"north-central-florida-officials-ask-residents-to-cut-power-use-during-cold-weather-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/140273\/","title":{"rendered":"North Central Florida officials ask residents to cut power use during cold weather peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) &#8211; As cold weather takes over most of North Central Florida, Ocala Mayor Ben Marciano and Newberry City Manager Jordan Marlowe asked residents to help conserve energy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In statements posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/3449110451894251\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/3449110451894251\">social media<\/a>, Marciano and Marlow noted unusually high electricity demand is putting strain on the power system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">They both urged residents to reduce usage between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. tonight and Monday morning from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The post also included more ways residents can help conserve energy, including:<\/p>\n<p>Setting the thermostats a few degrees lowerAvoiding EV charging during peak hoursLimiting hot water useDelaying use of large appliances<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcjb.com\/newsletter\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to subscribe to our newsletter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WCJB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) &#8211; As cold weather takes over most of North Central Florida, Ocala Mayor Ben Marciano&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[68217,3305,19428,59015,28,30,29,20710,68218,1375],"class_list":{"0":"post-140273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-ben-marciano","9":"tag-city-manager","10":"tag-cold-weather","11":"tag-energy-conservation","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-florida-headlines","14":"tag-florida-news","15":"tag-florida-power-grid","16":"tag-jordan-marlowe","17":"tag-mayor"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}