Sounds more like your side pod is a passive one for providing more cross-connect capacity to be honest though the vents would tell the story.
Even if there were power issues in the exchange the power for a powered pod would have already been delivered as part of the work pack - it's just a cable between FTTC cabinet and PCP.
Power issues in exchange may indicate they are installing Nokia kit rather than using Huawei kit with spare service board space to do double duty. That or new Huawei kit as there's none, or at least none with capacity for service boards.