The largest electric utilities in New York State are currently offering excellent grant opportunities for growers seeking premium energy-wise equipment. In some places, these grants are greater than 60% of the equipment cost. This includes customers of Consolidated Edison Co, National Grid, NY State Gas and Electric, Long Island Power, and more. However, these rebates...
Indoor agriculture uses an immense amount of energy. In Oregon, part of growers’ electric bills (often many thousands of dollars each month) is designated for conservation funds. These funds–approximately $185 million per year–are collected and managed by the Energy Trust of Oregon (ETO) for the state’s three investor-owned utilities. These ETO funds are intended to...
Thank you for picking up my Op-Ed, MJbizdaily.com. I think we're starting to get people talking about the issues and they are starting to make their voices heard. https://mjbizdaily.com/california-cannabis-energy-mandates-add-undue-cost-burden-to-growers/
Good summary article from MJBizdaily.com about the energy code webinar held last week. https://mjbizdaily.com/proposed-led-mandate-could-cost-californias-indoor-marijuana-growers-millions/
I was pleased to participate in the UCBA hosted webinar to walk through some of the proposed energy code changes (called Title 24) in California. As I've said many times on and off the record, I'm all for promoting efficiency and helping growers convert to LEDs. However, market transformation timelines, procedures and incentives should be...
4 new Columbia Towers’ worth of new power demand! …that’s how big the loads from Seattle Cannabis grows could be according to Seattle City Light. (Gulp!) (Jump to 0m53s, or watch the full 2 min video below.) (Source: www.komonews.com)
Utilities know a lot about the timing and amount of energy their customers use. WA State legislators recently passed HB1896 to ensure that utilities cannot sell or share this data with others. According to Norma Smith, the sponsoring legislator, “the bill simply took what was already happening with the IOUs in terms of consumer privacy protection and...
