Show drained amount in different texture in electric network info

[Imperio]

TL;DR

Electric network info would function as it does right now, but instead of showing only the total overall consumption of one machine type, the bar would have "active" and "drained" sections.

What ?

Basically, something like this:

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But of course, the texture could be nicer.

Why ?

You could see at a glance if your factory is under optimal load. More drained = more idle assemblers...

[Darinth]

Where I'm pretty certain factorio doesn't track what each individual building drains, but instead calculates an aggregate demand and supply and then uses accumulators to make up the difference if possible, there's no way to see what an individual building or building type drains. If you want to see what is currently being drained/recharged look for the accumulators in your consumption/production graphs. In this case, I can see your accumulators are actually being charged at the moment because they show up on your consumption as consuming 3MW of power.

[eradicator]

You could see at a glance if your factory is under optimal load. More drained = more idle assemblers...

Drain is a constant factor. It is always consumed regardless of if machine is working or not.