The heat wave is in its sixth day of sweltering temperatures and stifling humidity and has caused power outages across the Tri-state area.

Utilities are reporting record usage and are trying to keep-up with scattered outages. Some places in New York City and Westchester have been dealing with reduced voltage to protect the full grid.

By 5 p.m., Con Ed reported about 12,677 customers without power in New York City. The highest number of customers in the dark was in Queens with 6,632. There were 3,023 customers without power in the Bronx, 1,395 on Staten Island, 1,617 in Brooklyn and 10 in Manhatthan, according to its website.

In Westchester, 95 customers were without power.

By 5 p.m., the Long Island Power Authority reported 2,908 customers without power, 1,509 in Nassau County and 1,350 in Suffolk County.

In New Jersey, PSE&G reported about 4,100 customers statewide without power because of the heat. Jersey Central Power & Light has less than 1,o00 customers without power.

At 5 p.m., Connecticut Light & Power reported around 277 customers without power across the state.

As crews work to restore power around the Tri-state, customers in the dark spent the night sweating it out.

Con Ed is also asking customers to conserve energy by not using energy inefficient appliances and to set their thermostats no lower than 78 degrees. Banda said that each degree lowered saves six percent on cooling costs.

(Source: WCBSTV)