First off, it's true, and it may be the basis for the original post, so it's worth discussing.
Secondly, I would say that it does make sense**, but it's not accurate and for someone who knows anything about the topic, it's not believable.
Something that makes no sense, to me, would be something whose intended meaning I can't discern.
**A lot of things use more electricity on start-up, so the sentence is not illogical. But the numbers are wrong.