Running trains and electricity costs?

[RobertInOntario]

Hopefully, some of these increases will be overturned -- at least we can hope they will!
In any case, if these increases are still going through (even if they're lower than 16%), there must be some good ways to reduce energy consumption.

Rob, because everybody has cut back on their electrical consumption, the price of hydro had to rise in order to cover all those bloated salaries and that obscene pension for their last CEO. They're still making the power, but because everybody has cut back, they're running out of room in which to store the excess. The only way to bring the price back down is to use more power, so turn up the heat, crank up the air conditioner and, for some pleasant background noise while running trains, turn on the clothes dryer.
Wayne

Interesting! But it sounds like a risk -- that I'd risk getting stuck with an extra-high electricity bill!
At any rate, maybe I have been doing this with out A/C cranked up so much. We've had it cranked up again this weekend.

Rob