Getting this question from every cultivation prospect and the answer is genuinely different depending
on where you are, so I want to start a list.
The core issue is whether the agricultural or irrigation rate schedule requires the activity to be
agriculture as defined in the tariff, and whether indoor controlled environment cultivation meets
that definition. Some tariffs define it by NAICS code, some by a description of the activity, some by
reference to a state agriculture statute.
Where I have looked so far:
One western IOU tariff defines agricultural service by the activity and indoor cultivation appears to
qualify on its face, though the utility has taken the position that it does not.
One midwestern territory defines it by reference to the state agriculture code, and that code
excludes controlled environment agriculture explicitly.
I would rather compile this properly than have everyone rediscover it. If you have looked at an
agricultural schedule in your territory with a cultivation client, post the utility and what the
tariff actually says. I will keep a running summary in this thread.
on where you are, so I want to start a list.
The core issue is whether the agricultural or irrigation rate schedule requires the activity to be
agriculture as defined in the tariff, and whether indoor controlled environment cultivation meets
that definition. Some tariffs define it by NAICS code, some by a description of the activity, some by
reference to a state agriculture statute.
Where I have looked so far:
One western IOU tariff defines agricultural service by the activity and indoor cultivation appears to
qualify on its face, though the utility has taken the position that it does not.
One midwestern territory defines it by reference to the state agriculture code, and that code
excludes controlled environment agriculture explicitly.
I would rather compile this properly than have everyone rediscover it. If you have looked at an
agricultural schedule in your territory with a cultivation client, post the utility and what the
tariff actually says. I will keep a running summary in this thread.