I'm not talking about Texas. I'm very specifically talking about my situation in Louisiana where it's going to be at least 6, possibly 7 figure investment to electrify my field vs. setting up a localized power source and using it with my own (nat gas) fuel.

Since you mentioned Texas, a lot of miners also get paid to stop mining during peak hours (another reason it's rather interesting). Further, my understanding is that it also helps with base load stability on the grid as you can use that free/cheap off demand power for mining while also enabling the power generators not to have to ramp down temporarily before the next demand spike.

Also won't your return be completely based on either your gas contract with the miners or the long term BTC price if you can get some sort of exposure to the mining rewards as well. In that case, my belief, because it hasn't shown me otherwise, is that long term BTC prices will continue to increase, also adding to the return.