The Scottish government had "run out of money, run out of steam, run out of ideas and run out of time on housing policy" and the there was a "heavy price paid on the street", according to Conservative MSP Alex Johnstone.
To supply the extra juice, utilities turn on inefficient single-cycle gas turbines, which turn 25% of the fuel's energy into electricity, as opposed to 45% for combined-cycle plants that use turbine exhaust to make steam to run a second generator.