Most likely.
If they’d heavily cool down their homes in the mornings, when rates are lower, close the blinds/drapes/whatever, they could probably get thru the afternoon w/ little or no AC. I’m sure many will do that.
We did all that last summer, but it was a brutal humid summer, and while it helped some, it was still really miserable. I could see where folks not using ac like us, but In Poor health, might not make it through. It was so bad at times I felt like I was close to passing out. So far this spring has been cold. Hopefully it won’t get as humid for as long as it did last summer, that was brutal