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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vdub" data-source="post: 1588782" data-attributes="member: 6845">The capacity cup runth empty!!!! Not sure where you got your views on how the power system works. When demand exceeds generation, something has to get turned off or the whole system can/will collapse. From what I have heard and I have not seen made public so I won't talk about the details, there are a few other issues besides "their system cannot keep up". Sometimes things break or unexpected things happen that force companies to take a more aggressive approach to make sure things don't get worse. So unless you want to sit around and the whole city be in a blackout, I would do what they asked and try to reduce your demand on the system. It is not like they have loads of capacity and just decided not to use it. I bet if they build out the system to cover almost every possible contingency, then you would be here complaining about the price because transmission and generation are two things that do not come at cheap prices. As for the water system, I cannot help you there as I have not heard anything.</blockquote>