Base "Switch" screen

Greetings folks,

VERY new player here... have taken over an existing race at turn 11...
I find that there are Factories, Farms, Mines, etc. which have been
already constructed... however, when I select the Switches screen, each
of these structures are listed in 'red'. When I select each, I see
that the power is OFF. I can set production values for each, and turn
the power ON... but when I make the TRN file and/or exit the program
and come back to it an play a saved game... I find that everything is
back to red, settings are zero, and power is back to off.

What is up that that?? Is there a setting in this game where I have to
pay my electric bill in order to use power for my structures??

How about some of you more 'seasoned' players helping me out here.

Thanks,

Rass

Well, if you are turning them on and making a turn file, submitting it
then running the host and it turns red again then you must be trying to
turn on structures of another player's base, which is not yours and
doesn't have the "allow commands" race alliance setting on. You can
turn on structures even if you have 0 colonists, crew, etc at the base.
I haven't seen anything that will turn off a structure.

Magik