The City of Summerside is once again asking residents to conserve energy during peak times after more than 19,000 people in western P.E.I. were without power following a widespread outage Monday morning.

In an update posted at 8 a.m. Tuesday, the city urged residents to conserve energy between 4 and 8 p.m. by turning off unnecessary lights; unplugging electronics or appliances that aren't being used; not using large appliances like dishwashers, ovens or dryers; and shifting non-essential tasks l…