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The biggest point loads are aluminum smelters. Probably next are electric arc furnaces for steelmaking, the so-called mini-mills.



Semiconductor factories are not far down the list either. Texas will probably see quite a few come online within the next decade.

When I was working at SAS in ATX circa 2013, the 2 manufacturing lines were responsible for something like 10% of the city's average power consumption. I can't imagine the bleeding edge will have improved much - EUV light sources aren't exactly Energy Star compliant.




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