[Gallagher]

brownouts are their own thing and not exactly the same as blackouts. generally, brownouts are when the energy getting supplied to like... a region or city or something is reduced, like to prevent a full blown blackout. some areas have scheduled brownouts, so if they were common and fairly predictable, they were probably intentional ones.

i think i read that they're called brownouts because some types of lights and things would dim but still work when the power in an area was reduced rather than cut off. weird low yellowy lighting = brownout? i'm guessing??