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Medical Pot Growers Eligible For PGE Rate Break

Posted: Mar. 6, 2017 12:18 PM PST

Medical marijuana growers in California can now get a break in their PG and E electricity rates, according to utility spokesperson Brandi Merlo…

click to listen to Brandi Merlo

Merlo says cultivators must have obtained a local permit, and at least 70% of their annual energy use must be for agricultural purposes…

click to listen to Brandi Merlo

Both indoor and outdoor farming operations can qualify. But adults growing the up to 6 personal plants, now allowed by Proposition 64, do not qualify. Meanwhile, PG and E will extend the agricultural discount rate to commercial recreational growers, once it becomes officially legal on January 1st of 2018. The utility also hopes to work out ways for the cannabis industry to build more energy-efficient farms. Indoor marijuana growing requires a lot of electricity.

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