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PUEBLO COUNTY - As Colorado's marijuana industry grows at an incredible rate, so is the use of electricity to power the increasing number of grow facilities. All this, as state deadlines for higher renewable energy requirements draw near, in just a few years. And Pueblo County is home to dozens of these grow operations, with no sign of business slowing down.
"Their electricity usage characteristically tends to be high density in nature," said Bret Jones, Black Hills Energy Sr. Program Manager, External Affairs.
A lot of lights, air conditioning and de-humidifiers are staples of an indoor marijuana grow. And in the past year and a half, Jones has seen the number of such facilities grow in the Pueblo County region.
"We have continued to add these types of customers to our system," he said.
Jones said in 2014, Black Hills had 10 marijuana grow facilities on its system. Now that...
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