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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
A for-profit industry is in the business of selling MORE of their product, not LESS.
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To a certain extent, yes. A for-profit industry is in the business of selling the most product for the least cost.
If the incremental cost to produce 1 more unit is astronomical, it won't happen until there is sufficient demand to do so (ie: their costs will be covered or deemed acceptable). This applies directly to this example. If the cost of producing 1 more kilowatt of electricity comes at the expense of building a new substation, they're not going to do it.
At this point, it sounds like Hydro One reduced consumption so much that they need to either shut down substations (unlikely) or increase the cost of their electricity.