Reefer Madness: Electricity + The Legalized Marijuana Industry

Wed 27 Aug, 2014 / by Cable Huston / General

At a recent board meeting of the Cowlitz County Public Utility District in Longview, Washington, the hot topic was not a pending rate increase or other typical utility business. Instead the Commissioners wrestled with the issue of whether or not Cowlitz PUD should provide electric service to marijuana-growing operations.

Initiative 502, passed by Washington voters in November 2012, made it legal under state law for Washington residents to grow, sell and possess small quantities of marijuana….Read More