@Phineas Freak It appears that some parts use Watts and others use electric charge. For instance, all the science parts do. As for command pods, they use watts apparently, except the satellites with an antenna, which list the antenna consuption as electric charge/package (although I guess it could be equivalent to watts per package). The cupola observatory module's generator says -12 electric charge/min, but then again it could be 12 watts/minute.
As you mentioned Remote tech (you're probably right about it being the culprit) I looked for a solution for these apparent compatibility issues, but I couldn't find anything