The factory nearby here (a paper mill) has a larger power plant than the ~35,000 people that live in the area.<p>They aren&#x27;t going to switch to something less reliable than the natural gas line feeding the plant, nor are they going to switch to something more expensive.<p>It typically only shuts down for several weeks a year and isn&#x27;t all that profitable (at least, the owners keep going bankrupt, 4 or 5 times in the recent 20 years), I doubt running less would help.