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We have been under a "Flex Alert" all week. This is nothing new here. I hate the rolling blackouts, but at least there is some warning that you are going to be without power. They keep saying not to have your a/c below 78. Durin the day I keep it at 80 for the Girls, but it doesn't click on until 82. At night it is at 79. I have yet to have a bill over $200 this summer.
The funny thing about the Flex Alert is that I don't do laundry before 7pm normally, just because it is too hot to be in the garage. I did have a thought last night. So, if we are to wait until after 7 to use major appliances, doesn't that mean at 7 everyone turns on their stuff and could cause the same sort of power drain that they would cause earlier in the day?
During the last serious heat wave, when it hit 117, we lost power for a few hours. It was right at 5:30, when everyone was getting home from work and turning on their a/c. Boy and I bailed and went to the movies. There were outages all over town that day, affecting 6 different zip codes.
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