Mains power voltage drop to reduce usage?

LOL.

It was not optional here.

Actually, it was the right wing who did this. :-P

Where do you get that idea?

I have 2.3 KW on my entire house.

Typically, most homes have 3.6 KW. Max you can have is 15 KW.

LOL

Several ways that can happen. During high winds - I'm guessing a branch took the neutral out but missed the conductor at the top of the pole. John T.

In the US, 100 amps (50 amps on each of the 2 120V legs) or roughly 12 kw, was the standard for 1950 onward. It's been upgraded to 200 amps, or 25 kw, for a bunch of decades.

Lucky you.

You could always blow it up.

We can have more, on a home, switching to three-phase system. And way more expensive.

Why would a right wing government do such a thing?

That last line, ROFL! It's now 2022 and only half of us have one.

We really shouldn't have wires above ground. It's how my neighbour's house caught fire.

The 3 % / 5 % voltage reductions are applied to the station busses that supply the feeders - - sometimes called sub-transmission - 14 / 28 / 44 kV . Not at the higher transmission voltages. It's not unheard of for a subtransmission distributing station to have only a fixed-tap ie : no automatic tapchanger for voltage regulation - so those customers would see the 3 % 5 % reduction - if they were intent on measuring it. Many distribution stations have on-load automatic tapchangers which will correct the voltage to the customers ! imagine that. John T.

How the hell do you manage with that little power?

The dark ages.

Of course I don't often use that much, I've never gone over 18kW, and not over 8kW for any long period.

Pah! Too many amps and not enough volts. What a pansy supply, and an utter waste of copper.

Sure. And be fined. And get another smart meter, or no electricity at all.

I just do :-)

LOL. You really do not need more.

What do you need that much electricity for, you run a forge at home? :-D

Because they are friends with the electricity companies, and they asked nicely. Meaning, they both got more money.

Well, no such thing here. This is a modern country :-D

In the UK I can have up to three phases, which would give me 75kW.

According to this page it's 4 grand assuming you have three phases within 20m, which I do, under the pavement outside my house, since all three phases run along there to supply alternate houses with one phase each.

Which would surely negate the point of dropping the voltage in the subtransmission?

It's only illegal if you're caught. You could blow up your neighbour's meter.