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Quote by: tivodan1116  It's called PRICE. |
No, it's called CAPACITY. The generating plants can only produce a certain amount of power and when use exceeds that capacity, you get blackouts. It happens almost every summer around here, everyone has their air conditioners on and need exceeds supply. Raising rates (which they do, BTW) doesn't stop people from using the supply any more than raising the price of gasoline has stopped people from using it.
The reality is, there's only so much electricity currently being produced, you can either do your part to reduce your usage or you can do without power entirely. You pick.