A nearly two-week heat wave punctuated the end of another challenging summer for California marijuana businesses.
Some operators told MJBizDaily they experienced power outages and other daily disruptions stemming from excessive heat and a taxed power grid.
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Others delayed harvesting and staggered work shifts as emergency measures kicked in to combat what some climate scientists predict will be the hottest September on record in California, with temperatures topping 110 degrees inland and the high 90s along the coast.
The state’s Department of Cannabis Control even took the rare step of asking legal marijuana businesses to voluntarily shut off lights and major power sources and use backup generators amid the excessive heat warnings.
Power problems
As brownouts dimmed lighting for the better part of a week, San Diego County-based Tradecraft Farms took precautions at its downtown Los Angeles greenhouse, reducing power consumption and bringing in generators to support the load, an
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