"In short and simple terms, the phrase 'industrial consumers' refers to businesses or companies that use a significant amount of products or services from the industrial sector." Full definition
And the iron and steel sector is one of the largest industrial consumers of energy. (thebreakthrough.org)
Traditionally demand - side response has been confined to large - scale industrial consumers manually shedding demand in times of system stress. (iea.org)
For example, in the second half of 2014 the average price of electricity for industrial consumers in the EU was 12 cents / kwH, compared with 7 cents / kwH in the US. (americanenergyalliance.org)