On Sun, 11 Dec 2016 19:55:42 +1100, Bruce >
wrote:

>In article >, Ophelia says...
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>> "U.S. Janet B." wrote in message
>> ...
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>> >We have generators but they don't come on automatically.
>> >
>> >We prefer them not to have so much power over us and so long as it not
>> >compulsory we won't have those meters.
>>
>> you can always go off the grid and then they have no power over you --
>> go solar. Or get gas powered appliances. By accepting modern
>> amenities like roads, water, electricity you are accepting the rules
>> of civilization. By tempering the amount of power some individuals
>> get during a stressed period, the utilities make sure enough power is
>> available for necessary functions like hospitals, police, the water
>> plant, individuals at home that must have electricity to live etc. The
>> utility is just spreading the impact among users. If this happens
>> often and you are worried about your electrical devices you should
>> hook all of them up to a either a whole house surge protector or
>> individual surge protectors. Looking at Google I see that whole house
>> surger protectors run from about $100 to $200 US if you buy and
>> install yourself. My utility does have a program where you as a
>> homeowner can volunteer to have less power delivered to your house
>> during periods when you know you will not be there. They offer
>> additional savings for participating in this program.
>> I guess the thing is that if we as citizens of this planet want to
>> continue to have babies, drive cars, use refrigerators etc. we need to
>> anticipate that we will have to all be part of sharing resources.
>> Sorry about the sermon. . .it wasn't aimed at you in particular.
>> Janet US
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>> If the situation was that desperate here they would make it compulsory.
>
>In the two countries I've lived in, I've never heard of "tempering the
>amount of power some individuals get during a stressed period". Also, as
>countries use more sustainable energy, they're consuming a never ending
>resource.

My country does it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownout_(electricity)
Janet US