diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index b671f48b..0209b34c 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ transformers:
   s_nom: 2000.
   type: ''
 
+load:
+  scaling_factor: 1.0
+
 costs:
   year: 2030
 
diff --git a/scripts/add_electricity.py b/scripts/add_electricity.py
index d69cf44d..ef4966b4 100644
--- a/scripts/add_electricity.py
+++ b/scripts/add_electricity.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def attach_load(n):
     substation_lv_i = n.buses.index[n.buses['substation_lv']]
     regions = gpd.read_file(snakemake.input.regions).set_index('name').reindex(substation_lv_i)
     opsd_load = timeseries_opsd(slice(*n.snapshots[[0,-1]].year.astype(str)),
-                                snakemake.input.opsd_load)
+                                snakemake.input.opsd_load)*snakemake.config['load']['scaling_factor']
 
     # Convert to naive UTC (has to be explicit since pandas 0.24)
     opsd_load.index = opsd_load.index.tz_localize(None)