"HeyBub" wrote in message
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I called them on this matter, and was told it's for security. I told
them flat out "BULL****". Put a security camera by the entrances and
a sensor light. Or hire a guard, which would likely cost much less
than the amount of power they are wasting, plus give someone a job.


They don't pay for the power.

And even if they did, the cost to generate the power is negligible
compared to the cost to distribute, maintain, and account for the power.

We've got an aluminum plant nearby that uses enough power to serve 10,000
homes. But it only takes one wire (well, three) to get it there. Contrast
that with 7,000 poles, 5,000 transformers, 10,000 meters (and the reading
of them), 10,000 bills sent each month, etc.




In the state I live an aluminum company took over a river and put up dams to
produce the power to make the aluminum. About 10 years or so ago they quit
making aluminum and just sold the power they were generating. Seems the
power was making more profit than the aluminum product.