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Marijuana-growing spikes Denver #electric_demand, challenges clean-power plan

Marijuana-growing spikes Denver electric demand, challenges clean-power plan GOLDEN — Surging electricity consumption by Colorado’s booming marijuana industry is sabotaging Denver’s push to use less energy — just as the White House perfects a Clean Power Plan to cut carbon pollution. Citywide electricity use has been rising at the rate of 1.2 percent a year, … Continue reading Marijuana-growing spikes Denver #electric_demand, challenges clean-power plan