With ETC creating many new Power Controls Products in the last few years to support LEDs, such as the Echo Relay Panel, SensorIQ breaker panel, or the BluesSystem Control Panel, it makes sense for Eos to logically separate power controls into a separate place away from normal channels.
I have three reasons for this:
First, it would prevent accidentally turning off an relay or breaker. Though Park already does this to some extent, the channels for power controls are still combined with the normal lighting channels. If someone accidentally releases the park on a channel, it could easily be set down to 0, such as with a simple [Go To Cue] [Out]- which happens at the beginning over the show for everyone on Eos.
Second, it would ensure logical separation between power controls and lights. The channel display would not be cluttered with power control addresses which are simply kept on for the entire show or poorly documented- no more "oh, you have to turn on channel 57 to get those lights to work."
Third, lights could be "mapped" to power controls, which could aid in troubleshooting, eg. the console could prompt the user to turn on the power to an LED fixture if they try to raise the intensity of said fixture without turning on it's power first. It could also allow for LED fixtures to be dimmed when the power controls are being energized to prevent massive inrush currents to many circuits simultaneously.
