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veggie

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[CAN] Electricity theft by B.C. grow-ops costs $100M a year
#13314253 - 10/09/10 09:09 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Electricity theft by B.C. grow-ops costs $100M a year October 8, 2010 - cbc.ca
BC Hydro says the theft of electricity — mostly from marijuana grow operations — now costs $100 million every year.
Hydro spokesperson Cindy Verschoor said that's a significant increase from the estimated $30-million revenue loss from electricity theft in 2006, the last time Hydro calculated the loss.
She said it's because larger and more sophisticated grow ops are sucking more power each year.
"What the RCMP are telling us is the size and distribution of grow-ops is growing, as is the safety hazard associated with how they are stealing electricity."
Brian Cantera, who is with the RCMP's drug squad, said grow-ops are moving to more rural areas because of their remoteness and relative inaccessibility.
"In rural areas, what's also happened there is that the size of the grow-ops have increased and of course the larger they are, the more hydro consumption that's actually stolen," he said.
"In terms of hydro theft, every law-abiding citizen out there is having money realistically taken right out of their wallet."
Stolen electricity now represents about a three per cent increase in customers' hydro bills each year, Verschoor said.
In order to combat the loss, BC Hydro is hoping to sell the public on smart meters, which they hope to have in all B.C. homes by 2012.
Verschoor said the meters, which can record energy consumption on an hourly basis and transmit that information to BC Hydro, are one way to tackle power theft.
"Smart meters are actually are part of an overall system that will help to modernize the grid and one of the benefits of that system is it will help us to identify theft and that's a significant benefit to our customers."
Verschoor said electricity theft is something all BC Hydro customers should be concerned about.
"The cost of theft is borne by all of us and when we reduce electricity theft, all customers benefit."
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Re: [CAN] Electricity theft by B.C. grow-ops costs $100M a year [Re: veggie]
#13314647 - 10/09/10 11:09 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
veggie said:
"Smart meters are actually are part of an overall system that will help to modernize the grid and one of the benefits of that system is it will help us to identify theft and that's a significant benefit to our customers."
This. No device is smarter then our own knowledge and just the stupidity from the people behind the "Smart" "Meter" this is not to help Modernize ...This is to help catch the game - Seek and destroy. One by One. These "smart" people behind our laws oh my god these experts! The logic is just so plain in view isn't it like you would have to be blind to not see the whole picture here. I just want to puke lol This is not to help there customers this is to help the cops the pigs in blue there getting ****** tired of searching for it themselves now its all a matter or time lol Bye bye privacy might as well walk around naked
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Re: [CAN] Electricity theft by B.C. grow-ops costs $100M a year [Re: Scruffy404]
#13316150 - 10/10/10 12:33 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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The only reason they steal it is to make it not obvious that they have a grow op.
The only reason they do that is because it isn't legal to grow pot at all.
They aren't stealing the products to grow the stuff, except for the electricity.
Legalize it, and people will pay for the electricity. If people steal electricity for ANY reason that is theft, and should be dealt with. End of story.
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Re: [CAN] Electricity theft by B.C. grow-ops costs $100M a year [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#13316518 - 10/10/10 02:09 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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My room-mate is an electrician. In his first year of schooling, apparently quite a few of the people there were just there to learn how to wire up a grow-op! Stay for long enough to get what they need to know, then drop out. Crazy!
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Re: [CAN] Electricity theft by B.C. grow-ops costs $100M a year [Re: Drumfiend]
#13317280 - 10/10/10 05:25 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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"modernize" How? How does putting a "smart meter" on your house modernize anything? they didn't have one good example except for the fact that growers would be caught. These devices are just an invasion of privacy if mandatory. A better way to go about it, legalize it. Fuckin' REEEETARDS!
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Re: [CAN] Electricity theft by B.C. grow-ops costs $100M a year [Re: Cap Stemson]
#13317423 - 10/10/10 06:04 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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modernize cuz they don't have to pay meter maids anymore... smart meter have rfid or something that reports usage just by drive-by with receiver or something like a modem that wouldn't even require drive-by, not sure the specifics, point is it does save the company money in the long term.
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