Cincinnati, OH. Apartment complex is split in two halves (firewall in between).
One half is normal. Other half is 40-50 degrees.
Started Friday morning, thermostat at 70, temperature at 65. By noon it drifted down to 60.
Come to find out entire side of the building was like this. Was even very noticeable walking the hallways that half the building was exceptionally cold, half was normal.
Apartment manager was very specific that the furnaces are not broken. Tried to say they ‘weren’t keeping up.’ However I know how little they run to keep me warm on a normal cold day. Just because it was zero outside in no way would make the furnace only able to maintain 45 degrees. He also kept dodging my questions, giving corporate responses. Talked like a CIA trained drone/politician.
The only answer is curtailing, Whether by the apartment complex or by the electric utility.
Wanted to see if anyone else had issues?
Now that damn near everyone has a "smart meter" installed, my dystopian guess is they're going to start using "targeted blackouts". Maybe in your neighborhood there are 300 houses and say the meter is reporting that 90 are using "too much" electricity, they get a text from the power company saying some shit like "hey, we noticed you're using xxx kilowatts, please reduce your use by turning off lights, turning down your thermostat, or not run major appliances like dishwashers or oven in order to reduce your power consumption and avoid temporary power loss." Then after an hour if you don't comply they shut off your power for say 3hrs.