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Home 🌿 Marijuana Business News 🌿 Oregon marijuana grows are causing problems for the state’s electrical grid 🌿Oregon marijuana grows are causing problems for the state’s electrical grid
SALEM, Ore. — Indoor growing operations for legal marijuana businesses are causing problems for Oregon’s electrical grid, according to officials from electrical utility company.
Pacific Power said Wednesday that Oregon marijuana grow operations have taken grids above capacity, blowing out seven transformers since July and causing outages and equipment damage, reported The Statesman Journal.
The problems are a remnant of marijuana’s black market past, when substandard electrical work powered the lights at growing sites.
Portland General Electric has had similar problems, according to spokesman Steve Corson. He said anecdotal reports from PGE crews show about 10 percent of their transformer blowouts are from growing operations, with about 400 blowouts each year.
To curb the problem, utility companies are asking marijuana growers to talk to power providers before starting home or commercial operations to make sure electrical systems are operating correctly.
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