Change in heating power in each grid cell due to the inclusion of acceleration and transport of non-thermal electrons. The power changes are accumulated along the y-axis of the simulation snapshot. Blue regions indicate a net reduction of thermal energy compared to the case without non-thermal electrons, which is due to the fraction p of the local reconnection energy being injected into accelerated electrons instead of heating the ambient plasma. Orange regions show where the non-thermal electron energy eventually is deposited into the plasma as heat. The simulated beams have δ = 4 and p = 0.2.