As utility companies across Northeast Florida ask customers to conserve energy, local hardware stores say people are cleaning out shelves to prepare for the cold.
JEA and Clay Electric are both urging customers to be mindful of how much power they’re using as temperatures dip below freezing again. Both JEA and Clay Electric say the goal is to ease the strain on the energy grid while keeping homes safe and bills from climbing even higher.
JEA spokesperson Myers Vasquez says customers got the message…