Something I don't see acknowledged in discussions like these, is that industrial energy usage isn't something that is distributed equally, and never will be, and never should be, because some industries use more or less, and people and geographic areas specialize.

If you are going to run an aluminum smelter, you need a lot of power. An area where they don't have those, doesn't need anywhere near the amount of power per capita. But somebody has to produce aluminum if society is going to have it.