strangely enough, the pot growers, coupled with the bitcoin miners all trying to move into the area are the reason we have the power upgrade moratorium.
it *sounds* like they had a lot of looky-lews that were requesting power studies for buildings with insufficient power to them. after finding out the cost to get a MW of 480 is six figures and change, most of them backed out... thus the power company is tired of wasting its time doing power studies for people that have no realistic idea of how much the price tag was going to be. i know one pot grower that is looking for 144,000 watts of 120v. thats 1200 amps for lighting alone... he is gonna need another 4-800 for ACs, water pumps, etc.
This is exactly what has happened. The PUD I am working with change the 2015 pricing to basically double the build-out cost for high-voltage commercial power projects because of all the tire-kickers. We were lucky enough to secure our power in 2014 when it was cheaper.
Currently we have room for some investment capital to build-out out multi-MW facility. We have a 5,000 sqft. building with a very long-term lease. If anyone is serious and want a serious plan and financials, please contact me directly via PM.
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Dalkore that's interesting but you're in Seattle, power rates there are closer to 6c that's more expensive than certain areas in Colorado with a terrible wetbulb. 100 per kw is but whats your cost per KW, 40 to 50?
