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22 Yes it can. Also, it's not idle power draw, it's literally loss over distance the way IC2 did it. (Also, existing worlds will have it off by default.)
22 Idle power is unnecessary tedium - just throw another engine at it. Power loss is interesting - energy cell transfer? Better pipes? New designs? So many options!