I have worked in Liberia (in fact, I just returned from a four month stay today) and since the public power company is so untrustworthy, NGOs and offices usually run their own power off diesel generators. It's common the generators are shut down at 5:30 or 6. Works out pretty well.

with the heat we have around here this summer, just shutting down the AC would make people wanna go home lol

If I shut the AC off in Houston things would break. The paint would blister.