Guardian: Electricity demand from British industry has fallen by an unprecedented 8% this year as factories have shut down in droves, power station operator Drax said today. Household demand has also declined – by 2% – but that was due to mild weather rather than economic reasons, the company’s chief executive, Dorothy Thompson, said, as she unveiled half-year results. Overall demand for the power station’s electricity fell by 6% in the first six months of 2009, compared with the same …