Originally Posted by
Hamtragedy
"I wonder if lower-income neighborhoods that are more likely to have window AC units that are not on interruptible circuits are more susceptible to brown outs."
I can't recall a single time ever living in the city of Detroit or Hamtramck ever losing power or a brown out due to not having enough power to meet the demand. Consider too, that the grid here, even for 2 milliion people, at 60 amp service, is now providing power to less than half that population, many who still have only 60 amp service.
The only recent power outages in my neighborhood in Hamtramck have been from transformers blowing up, for no apparent reason, one by one, two to three minutes apart, in succession, thru the alleys, occasionally melting the rubber insulation off the wires. Makes for a great light show and the occasional garage fire. It took DTE a couple years to figure that one out.