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Most States Legalizing Pot Growing Have Yet to Grapple with Power Demand

Cannabis cultivation in the United States this year will consume 1.8 million megawatt-hours of electricity, about as much as the nationโ€™s 15,000 Starbucks stores. And next year itโ€™ll be even more, according to a report from analytics firm New Frontier Data estimating just how much power it takes to produce the nationโ€™s cannabis crop. Yet […]

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