All bitcoin mining operations, including this one in Kenya, consume power. How does something that consumes power then power households?

The problem is that while Ms. Sigalos produced a great video, some editor at CNBC totally misunderstood what was said in the video.

The company previously has said that they have a mining op that helped to subsidize a mini-hydro generation plant, and that generation plant serves 5,000 households.

So technically, that might be electricity delivered to a previously unserved area, thanks to Gridless's subsidy (thanks to bitcoin mining of the unused capacity), but that isn't a Gridless bitcoin mine itself "powering" any households.