An energy use tax designed to discourage indoor marijuana growing in Arcata resulted in a drop in energy use of 1.3 million kWh since it was enacted in Nov. 2013. The High Energy Users Tax is aimed at those consuming over 600 percent of baseline. Revenue from the tax, according to the Mad River Union, finished paying
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