This honestly seemed like one of the few stories of Bitcoin as net positive for a community's energy supply. The hydro-plant is now able to continue investing

This honestly seemed like one of the few stories of Bitcoin as net positive for a community's energy supply. The hydro-plant is now able to continue investing and link up to the national energy grid, where it will be more profitable to supply "human" demand. The miners will move on to the next disconnected energy source, and everyone was happy.