Leary says during her decades in Seattle, Seattle has its own air conditioning, she's found ways to stay cool without using ac our house being up on the hill, usually there's a breeze and so we just open up the windows. She rarely uses her small freestanding unit. But many more Washingtonians are installing central air or getting portable air conditioners. Seattle is still one of the cities in the US that has the least amount of air conditioning, but we are seeing an increase but it's still well below the national average. But as people are adding air conditioning units and that he pumps to their home that does increase demand. The Census Bureau says 44% of Seattle residents had air conditioning in 2019 compared to 53% by 2021. They haven't released new data yet, but that number has likely gone up though. It's still under national average. Utilities including Seattle City Light and Puget Sound energy are modernizing their grids to prepare for the future. We definitely are making investments in our infrastructure because we want to make sure that we're keeping our electricity reliable and resilient. In 2021 Texas customers served by faced dangerous days long outages during a historic winter storm. A warning be about severe weather. City Light is confident it has the resources it needs now between its own power and buying on the marketplace but says it's still always a good idea to conserve. As for Cole Leary, she's making the best of Seattle's summer. I just try to be outside as much as I can either in my garden or walking with friends or trying to get up in the mountains from Seattle, Erica, Zuko King. Five news.