It's just the opposite of targeting a business to pay less than other enterprises, which happens all the times as development incentives. I don't think it's any

It's just the opposite of targeting a business to pay less than other enterprises, which happens all the times as development incentives. I don't think it's any worse policy than that, it's just the flipside. In this case, due to the fact that by taking the town's total usage up, they raise the costs for everyone in the town, you could also just see as internalizing an externality.