THE STORY · BEAT ONE
A town with power, and nothing using it.
The factories closed. The businesses moved on. The industries that stayed downsized. The substation was built for all of them, and it stayed: paid for, half used. Without new demand to carry those fixed costs, rates and service pressure climb for everyone left, and the power a community already built gets allocated to other, growing towns. None of that is the town's fault.
THE MAP, IN PLAIN ENGLISH
Half-used power is still a community asset. The substation, old plant lot, and town infrastructure are all still carrying the cost.