As cannabis has increasingly gone legitimate, electric utilities have struggled to cope with the intensive energy demands of the proliferating industry.
TUMWATER, Wash. — Behind the covered windows of a nondescript two-story building near the Olympia Regional Airport, hundreds of marijuana plants were flowering recently in the purple haze of 40 LED lights.
It was part of a high-stakes experiment in energy conservation — an undertaking subsidized by the local electric company.
With cannabis cultivation poised to become a big business in some parts of the country, power companies and government officials hope it will grow into a green industry.
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Diane Cardwell ~ NYTimes.com ~
