[CMAC51]

this completely ignores load management and lets local emergency management officials off the hook. Large amounts of demand could have been truncated by dropping large commercial customers to bare minimum consumption. Energy to homes was being cutoff while skyscrapers and other large commercial entities were lit up like Christmas trees. A proper emergency preparedness plan would have mid to large size commercial entities have designated emergency reduced load plans in place. One call from from the County judge’s office and whoosh, 10 - 15% of the total load drops out.

[kiryandil]

Large amounts of demand could have been truncated by dropping large commercial customers to bare minimum consumption.

Excellent point.

Electricity is "magical" to the Eloi, and Eloithink is dangerous.

[nascarnation]

I saw articles that said they had to keep the feed to downtown areas with hospitals so office buildings were lit up too. Don’t most of med facilities have diesel or gas turbine gen set backups?

[palmer]

while skyscrapers and other large commercial entities were lit up like Christmas trees

Would have helped a little if their heating was curtailed and they heat with heat exchangers. But they can't tolerate frozen pipes either. The lights on one floor of a skyscraper might add up to 10,000 Watts. That's one residence on aux heat.