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Power consumption is cumulative, and load shedding should start from the least necessary to most. If we're at the point where load shedding is necessary, turn off the fucking billboards first, then ask people to turn down their ACs. Doesn't matter how much or little the billboards consume compared to ACs, they're completely unnecessary compared to AC so they go first. And even after that, turn off the luxury commercial buildings like ball rooms and casinos before you tell people to turn stuff down in their homes.
As a European who has visited the US each summer for years and spent a NYE in NYC, I think the many extra degrees USians put on ate just as unnecessary.